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doorslab

noun

Etymology

From door + slab.

  1. derived from *(s)leyb-✻
  2. derived from *slaipaz✻
  3. derived from sleipr
  4. inherited from sclabbe
  5. compounded as doorslab — “door + slab”

Definitions

  1. A slab forming part of a doorway.

    • So she picked all the prettiest flowers she could find and strewed them over the door-slab, which they put in its right place again.
    • This temple is so called from the two carved limestone doorslabs bearing Maya writing, part of which was read as the date 1014 A. D.

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