Meaning of trap-door | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of trapdoor.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“Your garret-windows therefore ſhould always be ſecured, and trap-doors opening to the leads well bolted.”

“A bell tinkles, and forthwith the trap-doors beneath the stage open and a variety of musical instruments, followed by an equally diversified assortment of heads, are thrust through.”

“It was reached by a trap-door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.”

“Then I went to the roof. […] A ladder and a trap-door led to it, and it required some nice balancing on my part to get up with my useless arm. […] The roof of the empty house adjoined mine along the back wing, but investigation showed that the trap-door across the low dividing wall was bolted underneath.”

“Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight.”

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