storm door

noun

a supplementary outside door, usually glazed, for protecting the entrance door against drafts, driving rain, etc.

storm door

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Around a decade ago, the city also implemented storm doors for some subway entrances after superstorm Sandy shut the city down.

If your screen or storm door is made of wood, I suggest painting it the same color as the main door.

But she slipped through the door anyway, screaming for help when the storm door in front of her was locked.

He stammered an answer as Drew hurried down the carpeted steps and joined Delaney at the storm-door.

The Old Red Rooster had taken down the storm door and stored it away in the barn.

So we steered him down to the gymnasium and made him rap on the storm door outside, and I said ‘who comes there?’

There was a broad "stoop" there, quite a wide veranda in fact, since the unsightly wooden storm-door had been removed.

Front windows should be shut, blinds and shades pulled down, and the outer or storm door of the house closed.

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