without-door

English

Alternative forms

without door

Etymology

From without (outside of, beyond) +‎ door.

Adjective

without-door (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) outdoor; exterior
    • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 282, column 1:
      Prayſe her but for this her without-dore-Forme,
      (Which on my faith deſerues high ſpeech) and ſtraight
      The Shrug, the Hum, or Ha, (theſe Petty-brands
      That Calumnie doth vſe; []

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