Venetian door

noun

1. a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Venetian door¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

Katey softly undid the Venetian door, and Hewitt stood before her.

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A little higher up the street is the fine Venetian door illustrated a few pages back, with columns and pinnacles, and returning wall with elaborately shaped battlements.

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I knew this; and, clutching the Venetian door with firmer grasp, I stood peering through the apertures in stealthy silence.

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Shall call the winds through long arcades to roar, Proud to catch cold at a Venetian door; Conscious they act a true Palladian part.

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