Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An apparatus for automatically closing a door.

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Examples

  • This question of a door-spring that made the door fly open when it should make it close roused a vivid spark in her soul.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

  • As Erica debated what to ask next, Bud edged out of his seat toward the far side of the Cat, tense as a fully stretched door-spring.

    Till Hell Freezes Over Barton, Anne, 1931- 2003

  • This question of a door-spring that made the door fly open when it should make it close roused a vivid spark in her soul.

    Twilight in Italy 1907

  • American patent door-spring, with directions: 'Fasten the spring either end up.

    Twilight in Italy 1907

  • It is an old scrap of print, the picture of an American patent door-spring, with directions: ‘Fasten the spring either end up.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

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