doorleaf

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English

Etymology

door +‎ leaf.

Pronunciation

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Noun

doorleaf (plural doorleaves or doorleafs)

  1. An individual door panel, particularly in the context of double or sliding doors.
    • 1982, Building Design for Minimum Air Infiltration: Proceedings: Held at Royal Institute of Technology, 21-23 Sept. 1981, →ISBN, pages 188 and 190:
      e) Three doorleafs with connections for the fans. [] The doorleafs are mounted and the fans are connected.
    • 2000, Selwyn Goldsmith, Universal Design: A Manual of Practical Guidance for Architects, Architectural Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 41:
      In new construction or alterations to existing doorways an alternative may be for doorleafs to be offset, as shown in 5.15.
    • 2002, Vernacular Settlement in the New Millennium: Resistance and Resilience of Local Knowledge in Built Environment, February 16-17, 2002: Proceedings, →ISBN, page 89:
      Apart from the arabesque motifs, geometric motifs are also applied by Malay craftsmen doorleafs, ventilation panels, wall panels, railing and partitions.
    • 2018, Ray Tricker, Samantha Alford, Building Regulations in Brief, ninth edition, Routledge:
      Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to a single stairway / Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to more than one stairway

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