Sliding door

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This article is for non-vehicular sliding doors. For sliding doors on vehicles, see Sliding door (vehicle).


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Roman sliding door tracks at Pompeii, Italy (1st century AD).
Roman sliding door tracks at Pompeii, Italy (1st century AD).

A sliding door is a type of door which opens horizontally by sliding, whereby the door is either mounted on or suspended from a track. Types of sliding doors include pocket doors, Arcadia doors, and bypass doors. Sliding doors are commonly used for shower doors and wardrobe doors.

[edit] History

Sliding doors were used as early as the first century CE in Roman houses as evidenced by archaeological finds in Pompeii, Italy.

Sliding doors in a modern wardrobe.
Sliding doors in a modern wardrobe.
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