Found 2 items, similar to jamb.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jamb
jamb
n : upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or
window frame
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jamb
Jamb
\Jamb\, v. t.
See
Jam, v. t. & i.
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Jamb
\Jamb\, Jambe
\Jambe\, Jambeau
\Jambeau\, n.
See
Jambes.
[PJC]
Jamb
\Jamb\, n. [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de
force a principal rafter. See
Gambol.]
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1. (Arch) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or
fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical
surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier,
as distinguished from its face. --Gwilt.
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2. (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from
following the lode or vein.
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