Door

Question 1

A hindged, sliding, or folding barrier of wood, metal, or glass for opening and closing an entrance to a building, room or cabinet.

Answer 1

Door

Question 2

A door carried on and swinging about on a center or offset pivot, as distinguished from one hung or hinges.

Answer 2

Pivoted Door

Question 3

A pivoted door that is partially counterbalanced for easier opening and closing.

Answer 3

Balanced Door

Question 4

A doong hung on hinges that permit it to swing in one direction only.

Answer 4

Single-Acting Door

Question 5

A door hung on hinges that permit it to swing in either direction from a closed position.

Answer 5

Double Acting Door

Question 6

The leaf of a pair of double doors to which the latching or licking mechanism is attached.

Answer 6

Active Leaf or Opening Leaf

Question 7

The leaf of a pair of double doors to which the strike plate is fastened to receive the latch or bolt of the active leaf, usually fixed in a closed position by bolts at the top and bottom of the door.

Answer 7

Inactive Leaf or Standing leaf

Question 8

A molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of a pair of double doors to prevent drafts or the passage of light, noise or smoke.

Answer 8

Astragal

Question 9

A slender vertical member dividing the opening for a pair of double doors, sometimes removable to permit the passage of large objects.

Answer 9

Mullion

Question 10

A folding door that divides into two leaves, the inner edge of each leaf being hung from an overhead track and the outer edges pivoted at the jamb.

Answer 10

Bifold Door

Question 11

A door that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall.

Answer 11

Pocket Door

Question 12

A door that operates or moves by sliding on a track, usually parallel to a wall.

Answer 12

Sliding Door

Question 13

A large door consisting of horizontal, interlocking metal slats guided by a track on either side, opening by coiling about an overhead drum at the head of the door opening.

Answer 13

Rolling Door

Question 14

A large door constructed of one or several leaves, opening by swinging or rolling up to a position above the door opening.

Answer 14

Overhead Door

Question 15

An entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, consisting of four leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot within a cylindrically shaped vestibule. Some revolving doors automatically fold back in the direction of egress when pressure is applied, providing a legal passageway on both sides of the door pivot,

Answer 15

Revolving Door

Question 16

One of the leaves of a double or revolving door.

Answer 16

Wing

Question 17

The flexible weatherstripping along the edges of a revolving door.

Answer 17

Sweep

Question 18

A stream of compressed air directed downward across a doorway so as to form a shiled to exclude drafts.

Answer 18

Air Curtain

Question 19

An opening in a wall into which a doorframe or window frame is fitter.

Answer 19

Rough Opening

Question 20

Either of the vertical sides of an archway, doorway, or window opening.

Answer 20

Jamb

Question 21

A doorless opening finished with trimwork.

Answer 21

Cased Opening

Question 22

The frame of a doorway, consisting of two jambs and a head or lintel.

Answer 22

Doorframe

Question 23

The fnished, often decorative framework around a door or window opening, esp. the portion parallel to the surrounding surface and at right angles to the jambs.

Answer 23

Casing

Question 24

A rough casing for a doorway or window opening.

Answer 24

Subcasing

Question 25

A subframe of wood or metal set in a partition to support the finish frame of a door or window.

Answer 25

Buck or Rough Buck or Door Buck

Question 26

The uppermost member of a doorframe or window frame.

Answer 26

Head

Question 27

Either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.

Answer 27

Doorjamb

Question 28

The projecting part of a doorframe against which a door closes.

Answer 28

Stop or Door Stop

Question 29

A stop formed by attaching a molding to a doorframe or window frame.

Answer 29

Planted Stop

Question 30

A stop formed integrally by a rabbet in a doorframe or window frame.

Answer 30

Rabbeted Stop

Question 31

A doorjamb having no stops, nor prepared to receive hardware.

Answer 31

Black Jamb

Question 32

The horizontal member beneath a door or window.

Answer 32

Sill

Question 33

The sill of a doorway, covering the joint between two flooring materials or providing weather protection at an exterior door.

Answer 33

Threshold

Question 34

A raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway, to which a door fits closely so as to prevent its binding when opened.

Answer 34

Saddle

Question 35

The clearance required to prevent binding between a door and its doorframe or the finished floor.

Answer 35

Door Clearance

Question 36

The angle of the lock edge in relation to the face of the lock stile, usually an inclination of 3.2mm for each 51mm of door thickness, allowing the door to swing free of the door frame.

Answer 36

Door Bevel

Question 37

An ornamental painting, carving, or section of woodwork directly above a doorway.

Answer 37

Overdoor

Question 38

A crosspiece separating a doorway from a window or fanlight above it.

Answer 38

Transom

Question 39

A window above the transom of a doorway.

Answer 39

Transom Window, Transom, Transom Light

Question 40

The part of a jamb of a window or door opening that is visible between the outer wall surface and the window or doorframe.

Answer 40

Reveal

Question 41

The reveal of a window or door opening from the frame to the inner face of the wall.

Answer 41

Sconcheon, esconson, scuncheon

Question 42

A doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.

Answer 42

Venetian Door

Question 43

A semicircular or semielliptiacal window over a doorway or another window.

Answer 43

Fanlight

Question 44

A window at the side of a door or another window.

Answer 44

Sidelight, winglight

Question 45

A surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where a window or door opening widens from the frame toward the face of the wall.

Answer 45

Splay

Question 46

A door having a framework of stiles, rails, and sometimes muntins, filled with panels of a thinnel material.

Answer 46

Paneled door

Question 47

Any of various horizontal members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers.

Answer 47

Rail

Question 48

The uppermost rail connecting the stiles of a peneled door or window sash.

Answer 48

Top Rail

Question 49

The rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lockset.

Answer 49

Lockrail

Question 50

The lowest rail connecting the stiles of a paneled door or window sash.

Answer 50

Bottom Rail

Question 51

A distinct section or division of a wall, ceiling, or door, recessed below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame.

Answer 51

Panel

Question 52

Any of various upright members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or a chest of drawers.

Answer 52

Stile

Question 53

The stile of a door by which it is hung.

Answer 53

Hinge Stile or Hanging Stile

Question 54

The stile of a door that closes against the frame of the opening.

Answer 54

Lock Stile or Shutting Stile

Question 55

A stile within the frame of a door.

Answer 55

Muntin

Question 56

One of the abutting stiles in a pair of double doors.

Answer 56

Meeting Stile

Question 57

A small light in the upper portion of a door glazed with clear glass for viewing.

Answer 57

Vision Light

Question 58

An opening fitted with slanting, fixed or movable slats to admit air but exclude rain and snow or to provide privacy.

Answer 58

Louver or Louvre

Question 59

A door having a louvered opening for the passage or circulation of air.

Answer 59

Louvered Door or Blind Door

Question 60

A door having rectangular glass panes extending throughout its length, and often hung in pairs.

Answer 60

French Door or Casement Door

Question 61

An outer or supplementary door, usually glazed, for protecting an entrance door from drafts, driving rain, or severe weather.

Answer 61

Storm Door

Question 62

An exterior door having wood or aluminum stiles and rails that hold a wire or plastic mesh to admit air but exclude insects

Answer 62

Screen Door

Question 63

An exterior door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, such as screen for summer or storm sash for winter.

Answer 63

Combination Door

Question 64

A door of heat-strengthened or tempered glass, with or without rails or stiles, used primarily as an entrance door.

Answer 64

Glass Door

Question 65

A door divided horizontally so that the upper or lower part can be opened or closed separately.

Answer 65

Dutch Door

Question 66

A door constructed of vertical boards held together by horizontal battens and diagonal bracing.

Answer 66

Batten Door

Question 67

A door hinged to be flush with the wall on either side and treated so as to be indiscernible when closed.

Answer 67

Jib Door or Gib Door

Question 68

A doorframe having a split head and jambs for installation in various wall thickness.

Answer 68

Adjustable Doorframe

Question 69

A door hung in a doorframe before installation in a wall, sometimes prefinished and prefitted with all necessary hardware and casing trim.

Answer 69

Prehung Door

Question 70

A wood flush door having a solid core of staved lumber, particleboard, or a mineral composition.

Answer 70

Solid-core door

Question 71

A wood flush door having a framework of stiles and rails encasing an expanded honeycomb core of corrugated fiberboard or a grid of interlocking horizontal and vertical wood strips.

Answer 71

Hollow-core door

Question 72

A door having a smooth-surfaced faces.

Answer 72

Flush Door

Question 73

A wooden construction, as in a door, forming a backing for face veneers.

Answer 73

Core

Question 74

The plywood or hardboard veneer immediately beneath the face veneers of a flush door.

Answer 74

Crossbanding or Crossband

Question 75

A surface veneer of plywood, hardboard, plastic laminate, or medium density overlay, bonded to the crossbanding or core of a flush door.

Answer 75

Doorskin

Question 76

The opening between the backbends of a metal doorframe.

Answer 76

Throat

Question 77

The face at the outer edge of a metal doorframe that returns to the wall surface.

Answer 77

Backbend

Question 78

A doorframe having a head and jambs formed from a single piece of metal.

Answer 78

Hollow metal frame

Question 79

A door having face sheets of light-gauge steel bonded to a steel channel frame, reinforced with channels, a kraft honeycomb structure, or a rigid plastic-foam core.

Answer 79

Hollow metal door

Question 80

A door having a structural wood core clad with galvanized sheet metal.

Answer 80

Kalamein Door

Question 81

A door having a sound-deadening core, gasketed stops along the top and sides, and an automatic drop seal along the bottom.

Answer 81

Acoustical door or sound insulating door

Question 82

A metal doorframe composed of three or more parts for assembly in the field.

Answer 82

Knockdown Frame

Question 83

A metal doorframe that is completely set up and welded at the factory.

Answer 83

Welded Frame

Question 84

A stop having a closed end that terminates above the floor line at a 45d or 90d angle.

Answer 84

Cutoff Stop or Hospital Stop, Sanitary Stop

Question 85

A protective lining, usually of stainless steel, at the base of a doorframe.

Answer 85

Spat

Question 86

Any of various metal devices for securing the jamb of a doorframe to a masonry, steel stud or wood stud wall.

Answer 86

Jamb Anchor

Question 87

Any of various metal devices for binding one part of a structure to another.

Answer 87

Anchor

Question 88

A metal clip or device for securing the base of a doorframe to the floor.

Answer 88

Base Anchor

Question 89

A metal doorframe designed to be installed during the construction of a masonry or stud wall.

Answer 89

Flush Frame

Question 90

A knowdown frame having a double-return backbend for installation after a drywall partition is finished.

Answer 90

Drywall Frame

Question 91

A metal doorframe completely filled with plaster or mortar for structural rigidity and increased fire resistance.

Answer 91

Grouted Frame

Question 92

A metal doorframe prepared to receive a pair of single-acting doors that swing in opposite directions.

Answer 92

Double Egress Frame