Meanings
plural doorslabs
- archaeologyA slab forming part of a doorway.
So she picked all the prettiest flowers she could find and strewed them over the door-slab, which they put in its right place again.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 581 more example
This temple is so called from the two carved limestone doorslabs bearing Maya writing, part of which was read as the date 1014 A. D.
1928, El Palacio, volumes 25-26, page 119
Origin
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