jamb
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thumb|A diagram of a door, with the jambs labeled.
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- Subclass of
- architectural element
- Part of
- window frame
- Has part
- platband
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- Münster - Dom - Tür zum Kreuzgang - Laibung - 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jambs (architecture)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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thumb|A diagram of a door, with the jambs labeled.
In architecture, a jamb (), is the side-post or lining of a doorway or other aperture. The jambs of a window outside the frame are called . Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are called ; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window, they are sometimes called .
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