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jamb

1
or jambe

[ jam ]

noun

  1. Architecture, Building Trades.
    1. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening.
    2. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
  2. Armor. greave.


jamb

2

[ jam ]

verb (used with or without object)

Obsolete.
  1. an obsolete variant of jam 1.

jamb

/ 诲萧忙尘 /

noun

  1. a vertical side member of a doorframe, window frame, or lining
  2. a vertical inside face of an opening in a wall
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jamb1

1350鈥1400; Middle English jambe < Middle French: leg, jamb < Late Latin gamba, variant of camba pastern, leg < Greek 办补尘辫岣 bend of a limb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jamb1

C14: from Old French jambe leg, jamb, from Late Latin gamba hoof, hock, from Greek 办补尘辫脓 joint
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The 10-year-old stood outside the only home he鈥檇 ever known 鈥 a home he could traverse in total darkness, whose every floorboard and door jamb he knew like the back of his hand.

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鈥淲ith stone jambs and dams, we often will play with the thickness and other dimensions, so that it adds depth and volume to the bathroom space.鈥

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When the finished trim and door weather stripping is added on the side wall jambs, you lose about 2 1/4 inches in width.

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There鈥檚 also an additional cost if you want your vehicle鈥檚 inside door jambs wrapped.

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Gooch, a 37-year-old resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, about 25 miles northwest of Union Station, related his experiences in an Associated Press interview outside his apartment, his crutches leaning against the door jamb behind him.

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