† ˈdoor-tree Obs.
= door-post, door-bar.
c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3155 Ðe dure-tren and ðe uuerslaȝen, wið ysope ðe blod ben draȝen. c 1300 Havelok 1806 Hauelok lifte up the dore-tre And..he slow hem thre. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. i. 185 As ded as a dore-tree. |