Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In car-building, the gate or flap of a hopper or drop-bottom car. See
drop-bottom .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Any structural weakness caused by severing the two lowest boards is counteracted by the two grooved pieces in which the drop-door moves.
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But quick as were the motions of Black Bruin, the trap was quicker, for the moment the trigger was loosed, the cord let go the drop-door and down it came with a great bang.
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There was a drop-door over the opening, held up by a hasp.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
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President Kitchen let loose the hasp that held up the drop-door and fairly "pegged" Mr. Todd out of sight.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
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The walls of the cage was made of thick spars of wood, with interstices between them, through which the lion could both see and be seen: probably the top was entirely covered with boards, and upon these was raised a sort of low hut or sentry-box, just large enough to contain a man, who, when the proper moment arrived, peeped forth from his concealment and cautiously raised the front of the trap, which was a kind of drop-door working in a groove.
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