doorcheek
nounEtymology From door + cheek.
1
The jamb of a door.
- And dippe a bunch of hyſſope in the blould that is at the doore, and ſprinkle the vppertranſome of the doore therwith, and both the doore cheekes: let none of you goe out of the doore of his houſe til morning.1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:22, page 186:
- The doorcheck on that doorway was loose and the door always banged behind him making him startle2015, Meyer Levin, Frankie & Johnnie: