doras, m. (gs. -ais, pl. doirse). 1. Door; doorway. ~ tí, seomra, door of house, of room. ~ adhmaid, gloine, wooden, glass, door. ~ isteach, amach, entrance, exit, door. ~ tosaigh, béil, front door. ~ cúil, thiar, backdoor. ~ éalaithe, emergency door. ~ (na) sráide, door facing street. ~ (na) gaoithe, door exposed to wind; draughty door. Idir dhá dhoras na gaoithe, between two draughty doors, in a draught. ~ druidte, iata, closed back-door; door closed against wind. ~ an fhoscaidh, door sheltered from wind. ~ mór, main door. Bheith sa ~, i mbéal, in aice, an dorais, ag duine, to be next door to s.o. Seasamh sa ~, to stand in the doorway. Do cheann a chur isteach ar, thar, an ~, to look in the door; to call at the house for a moment. Dul go (dtí an) ~, chun an dorais, le duine, to accompany, show, s.o. to the door. An ~ a thabhairt (amach) do dhuine, to show s.o. the door. Duine a chur amach thar (an) ~, to put s.o. outside the door, out of the house. Chuir sé é féin amach (thar) an ~ leis, he lost house and home over it. Duine a chur ó dhoras, to turn s.o. away from one’s door; to put s.o. off with an excuse. Cur ó dhoras, riddance, evasion. An ~ a dhúnadh ar dhuine, to close the door against s.o. Bheith ag súil leis an ~, to be eagerly expecting s.o. to call. Bheith ag ~ an bháis, to be at death’s door. S.a. comharsa 1, dia12, leac 1(a).2. Opening. ~ ar chneá, an opening in a wound. Bhris ~ uirthi, (of wound) it burst open.