Jamb vs. Doorpost — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Jamb and Doorpost
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Jamb
A jamb (from French jambe, "leg"), in architecture, is the side-post or lining of a doorway or other aperture. The jambs of a window outside the frame are called “reveals.” Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are known as “jamb-shafts”; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window they are sometimes called "scoinsons." A doorjamb, door jamb (also sometimes doorpost) is the vertical portion of the door frame onto which a door is secured.
Doorpost
See doorjamb.
Jamb
One of a pair of vertical posts or pieces that together form the sides of an opening, as for a door, window, or fireplace.
Doorpost
Doorjamb
Jamb
A projecting mass or columnar part.
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Doorpost
The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.
Jamb
Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
Doorpost
A jamb for a door
Jamb
(mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Jamb
Synonym of jambeau.
Jamb
(transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.
Jamb
The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Jamb
Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Jamb
See Jambes.
Jamb
Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
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