Austin put his hand on the massive knocker that decorated the iron-banded wooden door.

An outsized copper kettle over a heavy iron-banded door was the only indication of Merrin's location or occupation.

The next block had slightly larger dwellings, but they seemed less well kept-and older-and several had iron fences, and a few had iron-banded doors and shutters.

Following ghostly materialisations of the structure, they climbed steps to the iron-banded front door.

Perhaps half the iron-banded doors were open, and the air held the acrid odor of oil, hot metal, and other burned substances.

Apparently, she had been spotted coming down the path to the Ice Caves because the huge iron-banded doors were swinging open.

The new, iron-banded doors of the great Gate of Tri- umph stood open, but a pair of garrison sentries stood at the duty post just inside.

By the time I had set the brake and gotten down, Werfel was standing by the heavy, iron-banded front door.

At the other end of the room, the iron-banded door slammed open and in rushed Captain of the Guard Ian McGregory.

A square iron hook the size of my fist held open the iron-banded red-oak door.