doorknob (dornob)

The bulb or handle on a door-lock spindle, by which the door is opened. door-knocker (dōr'nok"ėr), n. Same as knocker. The visitor will certainly be sent to see a door - knocker in a house in one of the streets on the western slope. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 215. door-latch (dōr'lach), n. An attachment to a door by which it is kept closed. It is either a latch in the typical form, or a spring-bolt in a case of metal having a spindle with knobs by which the bolt is released from a keeper on the door-post.