ˈdoorway
The opening or passage which a door serves to close or open; the space in a wall occupied by a door and its adjuncts; a portal.
| 1799 Southey Eng. Eclog. vi, Sitting at evening in that open door-way. 1858 Longfellow M. Standish ix. 57 The bridegroom went forth and stood with the bride at the doorway. 1874 Parker Illustr. Goth. Archit. i. iii. 59 The rich Doorways form one of the most important features of late Norman work. |
| attrib. 1864 Webster, Door-way-plane, the space between the door-way, properly so called, and the larger door-arch⁓way within which it is placed. It is often richly ornamented with sculptured figures. |