Door

To the same end, men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead. Denham.

At last he came unto an iron door
That fast was locked. Spenser.

I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. John x. 9.

Martin's office is now the second door in the street. Arbuthnot.

Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc. -- In doors, or Within doors, within the house. -- Next door to, near to; bordering on.

A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange.

-- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.

His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke.

-- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. -- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to.

If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. Dryden.

* Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.