[Tagging] Prevoting: New_barrier_types

[Steve Doerr]

On 06/07/2011 23:24, Pieren wrote:

> http://maps.google.ch/maps?q=paris,+Cour+Delepine&hl=fr&ll=48.853267,2.376236&spn=0.001272,0.001982&sll=48.853393,2.376266&sspn=0.002527,0.003964&t=k&z=19&layer=c&cbll=48.853272,2.376236&panoid=QaPsmt8GresisBm_udoo9w&cbp=12,4.87,,0,10.23 
> <http://maps.google.ch/maps?q=paris,+Cour+Delepine&hl=fr&ll=48.853267,2.376236&spn=0.001272,0.001982&sll=48.853393,2.376266&sspn=0.002527,0.003964&t=k&z=19&layer=c&cbll=48.853272,2.376236&panoid=QaPsmt8GresisBm_udoo9w&cbp=12,4.87,,0,10.23> 
>
> And this case, Cour Delepine entrance, Paris:

It certainly looks like doors. But if one knew that it led into a 'cour' 
(courtyard), one would call them gates (or a (double) gate).

The OED defines 'door' as:

' 1.

' a. A movable barrier of wood or other material, consisting either of 
one piece, or of several pieces framed together, usually turning on 
hinges or sliding in a groove, and serving to close or open a passage 
into a building, room, etc.'

The final 'etc.' leaves room for argument, but otherwise the definition 
suggests that the space on one side of the barrier must be inside a 
building for it to be considered a door.

-- 
Steve