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[ noun ] a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)

Synonyms

doorknob

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

The two little bangs meant that he was getting impatient to have a crowd of customers waited on and that if he had to he would jerk open the door and drag out , by the opposite door_handle which she would be clutching , whichever-the-hell clerk it was who thought she could waste so_much store time on the pot .

Related terms

knob exterior_door UK

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