Definition of Jamb

  • (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
  • (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
  • (v. t.) See Jam, v. t.

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