car door
English

Sliding car doors on a New York subway train
Alternative forms
- car-door
Etymology
1863 (US, applied to “railway car”).
Noun
- (automotive, rail transport) A door designed for use on a car (whether a railway carriage or an automobile).
- 1863, Gail Hamilton, Gala-Days, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, p 22:
- We found Jeru to be a pleasant city; with only one fault: the inhabitants will crowd into a car before passengers can get out; consequently the heads of the two columns collide near the car-door, and there is a general choke.
- 1863, Gail Hamilton, Gala-Days, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, p 22:
Related terms
- butterfly door
- carriage door (rail transport)
- dihedral door
- gull-wing door
- jackknife door
- lambo door
- scissor door
- sliding door
- suicide door (colloquial)
- vertical door
Translations
door designed for use on a car
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