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English
without door
Etymology
From without (“outside of, beyond”) + door.
Adjective
without-door (not comparable)
- (obsolete) outdoor; exterior
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Praise her but for this her without-door form,
Which on my faith deserves high speech, and straight.