Definition of "door-jamb" [door-jamb]

• See jamb. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He collided with the door-jamb, and, ere Jerry could follow him, whirled around in a part circle into the centre of the floor just in time to receive the next shell squarely upon his head."
• "Now I write you from my mosquito curtain, to the song of saws and planes and hammers, and wood clumping on the floor above; in a day of heavenly brightness; a bird twittering near by; my eye, through the open door, commanding green meads, two or three forest trees casting their boughs against the sky, a forest-clad mountain-side beyond, and close in by the door-jamb a nick of the blue Pacific."
• "There are obvious things, like how many miles on the odometer, and the number of service station stickers on the door-jamb and their mileage."