jamb

The 10-year-old stood outside the only home he’d ever known — a home he could traverse in total darkness, whose every floorboard and door jamb he knew like the back of his hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022

If there are gaps where the window sash or door closes against the jamb, it could be time to replace the weather stripping.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022

First, measure the total overall width of the door jamb at the top where the horizontal door jamb attaches to the two vertical side door jambs.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

I sat on the windowsill, wiping my eyes, propping my bare feet against the jamb.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

“With 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.”

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Lacking an automated connection to a monitoring service, she connects exposed wires running along jambs to a light switch.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023

“I started with a little campfire and it had eyes and it was really amorphous, like going through door jambs and keyholes” he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Even if it means his leaving scratch marks on the chamber’s door jambs on the way out.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021

Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs