A door of half the usual size, typically covering the bottom half of an opening (e.g., in a stable).
半截门(通常只挡住下半截门洞,如马厩的门)
Example sentencesExamples
On offer for €350,000, the two-bedroom bungalow has a Valentia slate floor, sash windows, a traditional half-door and just over an acre of land.
After the half-doors had opened completely, Ezo tumbled through them and landed on his right side.
In the companion piece (in the Museo Civico, Milan) she gossips over a half-door, telling some emphatic tale, perhaps about the loss of her songbird.
All characterisations of Irish rural life consisting of loquacious peasants hanging over half-doors in the Celtic twilight attracted furious scorn from Kavanagh.
Sabrina reached Electron's stall that had extra bars over the opening where the top half of the half-door would usually be, so he couldn't snap at the passing mares.
Definition of half-door in US English:
half-door
nounˈhafˌdôr
A door of half the usual size, typically covering the bottom half of an opening (e.g., in a stable).
半截门(通常只挡住下半截门洞,如马厩的门)
Example sentencesExamples
Sabrina reached Electron's stall that had extra bars over the opening where the top half of the half-door would usually be, so he couldn't snap at the passing mares.
In the companion piece (in the Museo Civico, Milan) she gossips over a half-door, telling some emphatic tale, perhaps about the loss of her songbird.
On offer for €350,000, the two-bedroom bungalow has a Valentia slate floor, sash windows, a traditional half-door and just over an acre of land.
All characterisations of Irish rural life consisting of loquacious peasants hanging over half-doors in the Celtic twilight attracted furious scorn from Kavanagh.
After the half-doors had opened completely, Ezo tumbled through them and landed on his right side.