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She then helped Beverly Nason, 84, who was waiting behind a swinging half-door and said her 87-year-old husband, William, had not received his ballot.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020

And with that, the half-door opens – it is my father, bright and smiling.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018

She didn’t say another word to Zeke and she very pointedly did not hand it over the half-door shelf to him, so he had to reach up awkwardly and lift it all down himself.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Aunt Mary was waiting at the half-door, quieting the dogs, that had been roused from their sleep in front of the kitchen fire.

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen

Outer door of inn, with half-door in L., corner back; door, R., beyond the fireplace; window with red half-curtains; spittoons; candles on both the front tables; night without  

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis