Foredoor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.

    "This morning the great foredoor quite open, dancing backwards and forwards with all its weight upon the lower hinge, which must have been broken if the dean had not accidentally come and relieved it."

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"This morning the great foredoor quite open, dancing backwards and forwards with all its weight upon the lower hinge, which must have been broken if the dean had not accidentally come and relieved it."

Etymology

From fore- + door. Cognate with Scots foredoor.

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front door

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