Close cling their ladders to the walls; these, fain / to clutch the doorposts, climb from floor to floor, / their right hands strive the battlements to gain, / their left with lifted shield the arrowy storm sustain.
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Doorposts
Synonyms for "doorposts" (50 found)
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Sample sentences
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Julia: “We do not fear chains.” Fundania: “So very true, we tie ourselves with chains to their doorposts, so that we cannot be removed.”
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