Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a Cornish pump-lift, the valve-chamber of the pump.
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Examples
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He zipped up the door-piece and all the windows, and beamed at them.
The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001
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The north wall of the north transept has a fine transitional door-piece, occupying the two lower stories.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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The west doorway and the north door-piece are interesting; the former, the south half of which has perished, and which was finished with a sloping gable and stone roof, is regarded as a rich specimen of the elaborate carved work that characterised the late Norman period.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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