Definition of "jambs" []

• Plural form of jamb. (noun)

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• "The label-mould and the capitals of the attached shafts in the jambs are a little later in design than the windows themselves."
• "On the jambs are the five wise and five foolish virgins; apostles and saints on the embrasures of the door; below them reliefs of the virtues, each symbolised above its opposite vice."
• "It is the only time in the day that the mistress allows me to put my feet on the jambs, which is the only way that a man can get right warmed up, from foundation to rigging, as one might say."