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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jamb /dʒam/

▶noun a side post of a doorway, window, or fireplace.

– origin ME: from OFr. jambe ‘leg, vertical support’, based on Gk kampē ‘joint’.

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