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A sliding glass door, sometimes called an Arcadia door or patio door, is a door made of glass that slides open and sometimes has a screen (a removable metal mesh that covers the door). Australian doors are a pair of plywood swinging doors often found in Australian public houses.
The gates and doors of Chinese houses have long received special ritual attention. [1] Sacrifices to a door spirit are recorded as early as the Book of Rites. [1] [2] By the Han, this spirit had become the two gods Shenshu and Yulü, whose names or images were painted into peachwood and attached to doors. [1]
The word's origin is disputed: one accepted understanding [7] derives mezuzah from the root zwz meaning 'motion' or 'shift' (Hebrew: זָז, romanized: zāz, lit. 'to move, deviate, shift'), [8] describing a doorpost as the device enabling the door to move or shift. The root is unused in the Bible but is common in post-Biblical Hebrew and ...
The origin of this epithet might be either concrete, referring directly to the image of the god reproduced on coins [85] and supposed to have been introduced by king Numa in the sanctuary at the lowest point of the Argiletum, [86] or to a feature of the Ianus of the Porta Belli, the double gate ritually opened at the beginning of wars, [87] or ...
A threshold is the sill of a door. Some cultures attach special symbolism to a threshold. It is called a door saddle in New England. [citation needed] Door thresholds cover the gap between the floor and the door frame, helping to prevent any water leaks, insects or draughts from entering through the opening.
Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge (Latin cardo, cardinis), Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges.The Augustan poet Ovid conflates her with another archaic goddess named Carna, whose festival was celebrated on the first day of June and for whom he gives the alternative name Cranê or Cranea, a nymph.
Newly arrested persons are usually driven in through a jail's sallyport and the exterior doors closed. Once inside the sallyport, arrestees are checked for weapons and officer weapons are stowed. Once all weapons are secured, the inner door is opened so that the prisoner and arresting officer may enter the jail.
List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin; List of indigenous names of Eastern Caribbean islands; Origins of names of cities and towns in Hong Kong; Lists of North American place name etymologies; List of place names of French origin in the United States; List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States