Active leaf
Also called active door
The leaf of a pair of doors that opens first and carries the lock.
In a pair of doors the active leaf is the one used every day. It has the knob and lock, and it closes over the edge of the other leaf.
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Related
- Inactive leafThe leaf of a pair of doors that is held shut with bolts until it is needed.
- AstragalThe strip on the meeting edge of a pair of doors that closes the gap between them.
- French doorA pair of glazed doors that swing from the sides and meet in the middle.