ˈover-ˌdoor, n. and a.
[over- 33, 32.]
A. n. A piece of ornamental woodwork, etc., placed over a door.
| 1873 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 25 Oct. (1911) I. 236 Went on to Dirksen's, bought an over-door, also Watteau, for Ivor. 1884 Health Exhib. Catal. 89/2 Mantels, doors, overdoors, screens, and various articles of furniture, &c. ornamented with Lincrusta. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 461 The State Ante-room, with its over-doors and over-mantels by Gibbons. 1967 A. Eeles Canaletto 9/2 Smith also commissioned a group of ‘over-doors’, obviously intended to be part of a decorative scheme. |
B. adj. Placed over a door.
| a 1904 Mod. An over-door light. |