out of doors

Definitions

Dated form of outdoors (“not inside any building”).

alt-of, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“You are allowed to smoke⟳ out of doors.”

“The cat was out of doors, seemingly enjoying the sun.”

“[U]pon the whole she spent her time comfortably enough; there were half hours of pleasant conversation with Charlotte, and the weather was so fine for the time of year, that she had often great enjoyment out of doors.”

“All things that love⟳ the sun are out of doors; / The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;”

“I said I would do anything—dig⟳, weed, collect⟳ slugs, anything at all, but he must let⟳ me work⟳. Work⟳ with my hands out of doors was the only thing I felt I could bear⟳ to-day. It wasn't the first time, I reflected, that peace has been found among cabbages.”

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