Definition of Trapdaor
Trap"door` (?), n. 1.
(Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof
or floor.
2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating
the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
Raymond.
Trapdoor spider (Zoöl.), any one of
several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical
hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the
species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species
(C. Californica).
Trap"door` (?), n. 1.
(Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof
or floor.
2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating
the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
Raymond.
Trapdoor spider (Zoöl.), any one of
several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical
hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the
species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species
(C. Californica).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances
- (computing) a secret method of obtaining access to a program on online system; a backdoor
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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