doorcase
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doorcase
Example Sentences
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There he tilted his hatbrim to give shade to his eyes and leaned against the doorcase, looking idly out.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
Before it was finished he was dozing comfortably against the doorcase.
From The Earth Trembled by Edward Payson Roe
A copper train-oil lamp is fastened in the doorcase.
From Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm by Henninge Krohn Schanche
It has a large doorcase, enriched with two genii above, in the act of mantling the Virgin's head, the Company's cognomen displayed upon the keystone of the arch.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
I remember—the private staircase; how could I be such a fool?” and he crossed the chamber to where a low oaken doorcase was dimly visible in a distant corner.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough
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