fall doorn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːl dɔː/, U.S.

/ˈfɔl ˌdɔr/,

/ˈfɑl ˌdɔr/

Forms: late Middle English faldore, late Middle English valdore, 1700s– fall door.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: fall v., door n.

Etymology: < fall v. + door n.; in quot. 1481 after Middle Dutch valdore flap-door, trapdoor (a1410; Dutch valdeur ). Compare Middle Low German (rare) fallthür flap-boards used to display wares, early modern German Fallentür trapdoor (1403; German Falltür ), and also (probably < Low German) Swedish falldörr fall-front (of a desk, etc.), door of a trap, trapdoor, Danish falddør flap-door, trapdoor (both 18th cent.). Compare earlier falling door n. at falling adj. Compounds 2.In form valdore directly < Middle Dutch.

Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).

A trapdoor.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > trapdoor

trapc1374

trapdoorc1374

fall door1481

scuttle1707

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 27 And ther stode a faldore [Du. valdore] by, and we clymmed ther vp..and they that laye nexte the fyre cryden that the valdore [Du. valdoregat] was open.

1767 D. Fenning New & Compl. Spelling Dict. Flap,..a fall door.

1808 Ipswich Jrnl. 4 June (advt.) Deal floor, with 2 fall doors, 10 feet by 6.

1834 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Oct. 84 [This] threatened to preclude the wolf an opportunity of an exit from her place of confinement;—the fall-door was raised.

1863 Boston Daily Advertiser 19 May The den..was nicely covered with boards, with a snug trap or fall-door to go in at.

1908 Iowa State Reg. & Farmer 24 Jan. 10/4 Make the entrance at one end of the nest box, which is equipped with some sort of a fall door that will fall when a trigger is released.

1944 Chambers's Jrnl. June 336/1 A fall door at the bottom of the front gives access to the ashpan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fall door
释义	fall doorn. Brit. /ˈfɔːl dɔː/, U.S. /ˈfɔl ˌdɔr/, /ˈfɑl ˌdɔr/ Forms: late Middle English faldore, late Middle English valdore, 1700s– fall door. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: fall v., door n. Etymology: < fall v. + door n.; in quot. 1481 after Middle Dutch valdore flap-door, trapdoor (a1410; Dutch valdeur ). Compare Middle Low German (rare) fallthür flap-boards used to display wares, early modern German Fallentür trapdoor (1403; German Falltür ), and also (probably < Low German) Swedish falldörr fall-front (of a desk, etc.), door of a trap, trapdoor, Danish falddør flap-door, trapdoor (both 18th cent.). Compare earlier falling door n. at falling adj. Compounds 2.In form valdore directly < Middle Dutch. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use). A trapdoor. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > trapdoor trapc1374 trapdoorc1374 fall door1481 scuttle1707 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 27 And ther stode a faldore [Du. valdore] by, and we clymmed ther vp..and they that laye nexte the fyre cryden that the valdore [Du. valdoregat] was open. 1767 D. Fenning New & Compl. Spelling Dict. Flap,..a fall door. 1808 Ipswich Jrnl. 4 June (advt.) Deal floor, with 2 fall doors, 10 feet by 6. 1834 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Oct. 84 [This] threatened to preclude the wolf an opportunity of an exit from her place of confinement;—the fall-door was raised. 1863 Boston Daily Advertiser 19 May The den..was nicely covered with boards, with a snug trap or fall-door to go in at. 1908 Iowa State Reg. & Farmer 24 Jan. 10/4 Make the entrance at one end of the nest box, which is equipped with some sort of a fall door that will fall when a trigger is released. 1944 Chambers's Jrnl. June 336/1 A fall door at the bottom of the front gives access to the ashpan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1481
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