Venetian door
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Venetian door
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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Shall call the winds through long arcades to roar, Proud to catch cold at a Venetian door; Conscious they act a true Palladian part.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by George Gilfillan
A little higher up the street is the fine Venetian door illustrated a few pages back, with columns and pinnacles, and returning wall with elaborately shaped battlements.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
Katey softly undid the Venetian door, and Hewitt stood before her.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
I knew this; and, clutching the Venetian door with firmer grasp, I stood peering through the apertures in stealthy silence.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
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