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jamb definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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