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doorleaf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔɹlif/ (General-American)
• /ˈdɔːliːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From door + leaf.

Meanings

1. An individual door panel, particularly in the context of double or sliding doors.
   • In new construction or alterations to existing doorways an alternative may be for doorleafs to be offset, as shown in 5.15. 2000, Selwyn Goldsmith, Universal Design: A Manual of Practical Guidance for Architects, Architectural Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 41:
   • e) Three doorleafs with connections for the fans.[…]The doorleafs are mounted and the fans are connected. 1982, Building Design for Minimum Air Infiltration: Proceedings: Held at Royal Institute of Technology, 21-23 Sept. 1981, →ISBN, pages 188 and 190:
   • Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to a single stairway / Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to more than one stairway 2018, Ray Tricker, Samantha Alford, Building Regulations in Brief, 9th edition, Routledge:
   • Apart from the arabesque motifs, geometric motifs are also applied by Malay craftsmen doorleafs, ventilation panels, wall panels, railing and partitions. 2002, Vernacular Settlement in the New Millennium: Resistance and Resilience of Local Knowledge in Built Environment, February 16-17, 2002: Proceedings, →ISBN, page 89:

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