doorplate

[ dawr-pleyt, dohr- ]

noun

1. a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doorplate¹

First recorded in 1815–25; door + plate ¹

Example Sentences

“If you don't swing, don't ring,” read a brass doorplate at the original Playboy Mansion in Chicago, a 48-room abode where Hefner reveled with bevies of Playmates on a rotating, circular bed.

From Los Angeles Times

Emergency generators are installed in buildings’ basements with flood prevention measures including temporary metal walls and automatic doorplates.

From Time

The accuracy of the props—from congressional doorplates to visitors’ badges—is much discussed, and praised.

From Economist

Those on F deck and the one aft on the Orlop deck were of similar type, but had cast-iron doorplates of heavy section, strongly ribbed.

From Project Gutenberg

They are a great doorplate, giving the names of the family.

From Project Gutenberg