car door
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
1863 (US, meaning “railway car”), car + door.
[edit] Noun
- A door designed for use on a car.
- 1863, Gail Hamilton, Gala-Days, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, p 22:
- We found Jeru to be a pleasant city; with only one fault: the inhabitants will crowd into a car before passengers can get out; consequently the heads of the two columns collide near the car-door, and there is a general choke.
- 1863, Gail Hamilton, Gala-Days, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, p 22:
[edit] Related terms
- gull-wing door
- scissor door, jackknife door, lambo door
- suicide door (colloquial)
- butterfly door, vertical door, dihedral door
