swinging door
Bidirectional kitchen entrance
A swinging door is hinged to swing in both directions, returning to closed position after being pushed from either side.
Common in restaurants between kitchen and dining room, allowing servers to pass through hands-full: She backed through the swinging door carrying a tray of drinks.
- batwingWide sleeve narrowing at wrist
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- bidirectionalOperating in both directions
- in and outBriefly present then absent
come and go · entryway · double-action · push and pull · jamb · hinge · portal · doorframe · butler's pantry · transition point · pivot · freedom of movement · access · entrance · exit · free passage · panel · kickplate
- doorstrapdoor, solid core, hollow core, shoji screen, portal
door mechanism/movement type
swinging doorsliding door
Panel moving along tracks
pocket door · revolving door · roll-up door · accordion door · garage door
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