大おお戸ど

noun

main front door; large entrance door

Refers to the large main door at the front of a traditional Japanese house, often a heavy sliding or hinged door.

• 古ふるい家いえの大おお戸どを開あけると、広ひろい土ど間まがあった。

  When I opened the main door of the old house, there was a large earthen-floor room.

noun

front shutters; large shutters

In some traditional contexts, 大戸 can also refer to the large wooden shutters or storm doors at the front of a house, though this usage is less common.

• 夜よるになると、店みせの大おお戸どを閉しめて鍵かぎをかけた。

  At night, they closed the shop's front shutters and locked them.