knocking box n.— «The three pigs are released into a chute that guides them into the building and directly into what is called a “knocking box.” The knocking box is a tall concrete box with an entrance from the outside, a gate...
booth turnaround n.— «One of their ideas was a lockdown procedure commonly called “booth turnaround.” In the event of a child going missing, personnel secure the entrance and exit points and do not allow patrons to leave until...
pull an avenue address over v. phr.— «“Pulling an avenue address over” is the topographical parlance for denying that your building’s real entrance is on, say, East Seventy-sixth Street.» —“On The Avenue” by Ben...
lobbycon n.—Gloss: to attend the site of a professional conference, without enrolling or paying entrance fees, for the purpose of meeting with attendees in the site’s public spaces. Note: From lobby + conference. «Some of Silicon...
teaser parking n.— «Because of the definition of the new urbanism concept, the architecture of the theater had to be redesigned into creating one entrance in the front with teaser parking, and then creating a separate entrance in the...
tag n.— «In addition, Tuck Hinton designers are moving the entrance of the building from its center to its right side and, in the process, creating a so-called “tag chamber”—that is, an external vestibule in which quartets can sing (in...