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plural doorleaves · plural doorleafs
- An individual door panel, particularly in the context of double or sliding doors.
e) Three doorleafs with connections for the fans.[…]The doorleafs are mounted and the fans are connected.
1982, Building Design for Minimum Air Infiltration: Proceedings: Held at Royal Institute of Technology, 21-23 Sept. 1981, →ISBN, pages 188 and 1903 more examples
In new construction or alterations to existing doorways an alternative may be for doorleafs to be offset, as shown in 5.15.
2000, Selwyn Goldsmith, Universal Design: A Manual of Practical Guidance for Architects, Architectural Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 41Apart from the arabesque motifs, geometric motifs are also applied by Malay craftsmen doorleafs, ventilation panels, wall panels, railing and partitions.
2002, Vernacular Settlement in the New Millennium: Resistance and Resilience of Local Knowledge in Built Environment, February 16-17, 2002: Proceedings, →ISBN, page 89Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to a single stairway / Maximum total glazed area in doorleafs with access to more than one stairway
2018, Ray Tricker, Samantha Alford, Building Regulations in Brief, 9th edition, Routledge
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