falling door
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of falling door
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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When inveigled into a movable cage with a falling door, he turned the instant the door fell, seized the lower edge and tried to raise it.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Allen Kelly
His support being withdrawn, he went plunging headlong with the falling door.
From Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School by Allen Chapman
The noise of the falling door had been heard by Manfred, who, directed by the sound, hastened thither, attended by his servants with torches.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
Answering the crash of the falling door, came another and more fearful crash within.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
"I heard the noise of the falling door," said his father quietly.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
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