coffin door

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A door that leads directly into the second story of some older houses, used to bring in (and out) a coffin when a person died on the second story (where people often slept) and the coffin could not be brought up the (usually narrow or spiral) staircase from the first story.
    — … second window from the right on the second story replaced the “coffin door,” a necessity in homes where a coffin and other furniture could not fit on the staircase.
  2. A door on the first story of a house which leads directly into a room that would be used for hosting an in-home funeral, and/or that is wide enough to bring a coffin through.

词形变化

coffin doors plural
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