holding the door

While waiting for or talking to somebody next to a door, people often keep a feet so that the door does not close. It usually happens when both hands are unavailable, the door is somewhat heavy and/or not easily maneuvrable and/or automatically locks.

It is sometimes not advisable to design around this for security purposes, as we do want the door to shut completely by default. Sometimes, we do not really care about the security aspect at all and we simply use a hold maid of a triangular piece of wood instead for example.