heightmarkwall
/ˈhaɪtˌmɑːkˌwɔːl/nounVerified NewAlso in: Türstocklineal (Deutsch) · marquialtura (Español) · toisamille (Français)
The doorframe's pencil record of the household's growth, dated and defended against painters.
The heightmarkwall holds ten years of dates in pencil, each at a shoulder height now passed. Repainting requires a census of the marks and a promise, extracted from the painter, that none will be lost. The wall is the family's true archive, and the door has opened past it a thousand times.
Etym. — height mark + wall — the ledger kept on the doorframe.
Rel. — handprintceramic
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