butterfly doors

A form of butterfly door — A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of butterfly door
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