out-of-doors

[out-uh v-dawrz, -dohrz]

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adjective

Also out-of-door. outdoor.

noun

(used with a singular verb) outdoors.

Origin of out-of-doors

First recorded in 1800–10

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Examples from the Web for out-of-doors

Historical Examples

Then they tried to push me out-of-doors, I resisted; I would not go.
The Boy Life of Napoleon
Eugenie Foa
There was the out-of-doors breakfast party, too, on the terrace at Shepheard's.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
This was how I sat in my dream when my father had turned me out-of-doors.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
George MacDonald
There is no sense of freedom to-night, no out-of-doors feeling.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
Only when she was out-of-doors did she fully realize the strangeness of the night.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for out-of-doors

out-of-doors

adverb, adjective

(postpositive) in the open air; outsideAlso: outdoors

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Examples from the Web for out-of-doors

Historical Examples

Then they tried to push me out-of-doors, I resisted; I would not go.

There was the out-of-doors breakfast party, too, on the terrace at Shepheard's.

This was how I sat in my dream when my father had turned me out-of-doors.

There is no sense of freedom to-night, no out-of-doors feeling.

Only when she was out-of-doors did she fully realize the strangeness of the night.

out-of-doors

Origin of out-of-doors