Definition of "doorhandle" []

• A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Also, a poisoned dart trap in a doorhandle is always fun."
• "Anyone who could afford to pay a seventh of a billion for my ex-council property with its mouldy bathroom, bedroom doorhandle that comes off in your hand and crackly phone line which, for some reason lost in the mists of 1980s Irish wiring, cuts out whenever anyone walks into the living room, is a plutocrat indeed."
• "Beadie tucked the gun into his belt at the back, under his jacket, then reached for the doorhandle, but Shelley put a restraining hand on his arm."