Definition of "housedoor"

This visitor, a young woman of striking, of startling appearance, who, in the manner of certain shiny housedoors and railings, instantly created a presumption of the lurking label “Fresh paint,” found herself […]

1896-1899, republished in 2003 by Henry James in Novels, 1896-1899, volume 4, page 718

He stood sideways in the kitchen doorway, looking at Watt, and Watt saw the housedoor open behind him […]

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, page 51

No identifiable remains of these housedoor guardians or their bases have been detected in situ on archaeological sites, but, as in the case of the niches in city gates, a shallow recess off the street in front of the housedoor (a common feature in the classical period) seems ideally suited for statuettes, […]

1992, Christopher A. Faraone, Talismans and Trojan horses: guardian statues in ancient Greek myth and ritual, page 8