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jamb (jam)

noun

  1. a side post or piece of a framed opening, as for a door, window, or fireplace
  2. a pillar of ore

Etymology: ME jambe < OFr, a leg, shank, pier, side post of a door: see gamb

jamb Synonyms

jamb

n.

pillar, support, lintel; see frame 2, post 1.

jamb Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • chamfer: West wall: access to ground floor through a two-centred arched doorway with chamfered jambs terminating in pyramid stops.
  • splay: These and other fireplaces in the house have splayed brick jambs, plastered and painted in imitation of marble.
  • mold: The west doorway is modern and has molded jambs and a two centered arch.
  • have: The doorway now into the N vestry has straight jambs too.

Adjective modifier

  • east: An iron pivot for a single leaf door survived in the east jamb.
  • outer: Open the vents of the window to enable access to the outer frame jambs.
  • low: Between is a priest's door with ornate molding and a Tudor head; lower jambs on both sides renewed in Victorian period.
  • unchamfered: At the top of this stage there is also a slit window with unchamfered jambs and a lintel that is splayed on the underside.

Modifies a noun

  • stone: South wall: the embrasure of the two-centred arched doorway could be largely original tho the basal jamb stones appear to have been renewed.
  • panel: The tapering incised jamb panels terminating beneath carved corner blockings and the frieze inset with three fielded panels.

Noun used with modifier

  • sandstone: Just under eaves, a rectangular slot window with yellow sandstone jambs, now blocked.
  • door: Look out for the graffiti from 1717 on the door jamb.
  • stone: The west wall seems to have had two windows to light the upper floor level, there being slight remains of stone jambs.
  • window: Common places to find them are on door or window jambs, often close to the minister's door.
  • brick: At the further west end is the former parlor with its large fire-place having molded brick jambs.
  • stop: The right hand stop jamb on the old Notre-Dame console.

Preposition: in

  • sandstone: The second window is blocked in material not dissimilar to ' D ' , but many jambs in gray sandstone survive.

Preposition: of

  • doorway: Carved reliefs also decorated the stone jambs of doorways.
  • arch: Whether they are older than the jambs of the chancel arch or the masonry of the south doorway, c.
  • door: An iron door pivot survived on the northern jamb of the eastern door.

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