"In castle architecture, the vertical side of a doorway, window, archway, or fireplace." Never actually seen it used to describe anything but a doorway. Nice to know it's there if we need it for something else though.
I've never actually seen this word used without "door."
"'Two more cans of barley-water, Killick; and let Bonden know the Doctor wants the blue cutter at three bells in the morning watch.'
'Two cans and three bells it is, sir,' said Killick, aiming for the door. 'Two cans, three bells.' He struck the jamb a shrewd blow—he was usually drunk after a dinner-party—but he got through upright." --Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 361
from French for leg
"In castle architecture, the vertical side of a doorway, window, archway, or fireplace." Never actually seen it used to describe anything but a doorway. Nice to know it's there if we need it for something else though.
I've never actually seen this word used without "door."
"'Two more cans of barley-water, Killick; and let Bonden know the Doctor wants the blue cutter at three bells in the morning watch.'
'Two cans and three bells it is, sir,' said Killick, aiming for the door. 'Two cans, three bells.' He struck the jamb a shrewd blow—he was usually drunk after a dinner-party—but he got through upright."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 361