falling door

American  

noun

1. flap door.

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Etymology

Origin of falling door

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

Everybody had come running, awakened by the noise of the falling door and Mikolai's cries.

From Absolution by Viebig, Clara

Rod, seeing what was about to happen, had swept his two comrades back so that none of them chanced to be struck by the falling door.

From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph

He heard the crash of another falling door, and the voice of Teja now sounded from the study.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix

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 Beckford, William

The rear of the cage was solid; the front had a falling door.

From The Adventures of Kathlyn by MacGrath, Harold