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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jamb \Jamb\, verb (used with an object) See {Jam}, verb (used with an object) & i.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jamb \Jamb\, Jambe \Jambe\, Jambeau \Jambeau\, noun See {Jambes}. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jamb \Jamb\, noun [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de force a principal rafter. See {Gambol}.]
1. (Arch) 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. --Gwilt.
2. (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jamb
noun: upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "jamb": Samson post, ankle, baluster, balustrade, banister, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, doorjamb, doorpost, drumstick, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gatepost, gigot, ham, hind leg, hitching post, hock, king post, knee, leg, limb, milepost, mullion, podite, popliteal space, post, scissor-legs, shank, shin, signpost, snubbing post, stanchion, standard, stems, stile, stumps, tarsus, trotters, upright
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