† ˈdoor-bar Obs.
[see bar n.1 8.]
A bar of wood, iron, etc. put across a door to secure it.
| 13.. Sir Beues 1622 + 43 (MS. C) The dore barre he toke yn honde And slewe all þat he þere fonde. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 667/39 Hoc repagulum, dorebar. 1575 J. Still Gamm. Gurton v. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 242 Onles thy head and my doore-bar kyste. 1617 Janua Ling. 742 The snaile creepeth beyond the doore-barres. |