What does trap-door mean?
Trap-door means Archaic form of trapdoor..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Archaic form of trapdoor..
Your garret-windows therefore ſhould always be ſecured, and trap-doors opening to the leads well bolted.
A bell tinkles, and forthwith the trap-doors beneath the stage open and a variety of musical instruments, followed by an equally diversified assortment of heads, are thrust through.
It was reached by a trap-door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
Then I went to the roof. […] A ladder and a trap-door led to it, and it required some nice balancing on my part to get up with my useless arm. […] The roof of the empty house adjoined mine along the back wing, but investigation showed that the trap-door across the low dividing wall was bolted underneath.
Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight.
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Trap-door means Archaic form of trapdoor..
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Your garret-windows therefore ſhould always be ſecured, and trap-doors opening to the leads well bolted.
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