† dormann.
Obsolete.
1. = dormant n. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of
pan1284
balka1300
lacec1330
pautre1360
dorman1374
rib1378
montant1438
dormant?1454
transom1487
ground-pillar?a1500
barge-couple1562
spar foot1579
frankpost1587
tracing1601
sleeper1607
bressumer1611
master-beam1611
muntin1611
discharge1620
dormer1623
mounting post1629
tassel1632
baufrey1640
pier1663
storey post1663
breastplate?1667
mudsill1685
template1700
brow-post1706
brow-stone1761
runner1772
stretching beam1776
pole plate1787
sabliere1800
frame stud1803
bent1815
mounting1819
bond-timber1823
storey rod1823
wall-hold1833
wall-strap1833
truss-block1883
sleeper-beam1937
shell1952
1374 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 238 Balkes summers siue dormannes giystes et etiam stures.
1579 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 311 One dorman xxviij foote longe xij vnch square.
1598 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 274 For puttinge in of the dorman in the steaple loft, xijd.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 221 This is but the misery of stonework, of Arches, Dormans, Roofs.
2.
a. = dormer n. 2.
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1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 129 Dorman, Dormer, In Architecture is a Window made in the Roof of a House, it standing upon the Rafters.
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b. More fully dorman-tile. = dormer-tile n. at dormer n. Compounds 2.
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