dooring

Pluraldoorings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A crash that happens when a cyclist hits a car door that someone just opened.

   Like walking into a door someone swings open right in front of you.

   A dooring left the rider with a broken wrist and a bent front wheel.

   The city added protected bike lanes to cut down on doorings.

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2. 2
   verb

   The -ing form of door. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The driver avoided dooring the cyclist by checking the mirror first.

   Dooring someone can cause serious injury, so always look before you open your car door.

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3. 3
   nounobsolete

   The wooden frame that surrounds a doorway.

   Like a picture frame, but around a door instead of a picture.

   The carpenter measured the dooring before fitting the new boards.

   Paint had peeled from the old dooring over the years.

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