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Brideshead Revisited
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The great bronze doors of the lounge had torn away from their hooks and were swinging free with the roll of the ship; regularly and, it seemed, irresistibly, first one, then the other, opened and shut; they paused at the completion of each half circle, began to move slowly and finished fast with a resounding clash.
p. 289.2

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
The bronze doors of the lounge had been fixed, but not before two seamen had been badly injured.
p. 292.9 *
The bronze doors banging.
p. 317.1
The sanctuary lamp and all the metal furniture were of bronze, hand-beaten to the patina of a pockmarked skin; the altar steps had a carpet of grass-green, strewn with white and gold daisies.†
p. 41.3
They and the satin-wood and ormolu furniture, the carpet, the hanging bronze candelabrum, the mirrors and sconces, were all a single composition, the design of one illustrious hand.†
p. 85.8
I passed through vast bronze gates on which paper-thin Assyrian animals cavorted;†
p. 271.5

Definitions:

(1) (bronze as in: bronze won't corrode in salt water)
a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tin

Bronze metals in the Olympics and many other contests are awarded for third place.

With the discovery of bronze (about 3,000 BC), people could make tools and weapons that were harder and more durable than those made of copper and stone that preceded bronze.
(2) (bronze as in: a bronze tan)
a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown color like that of one of the metals with the same name -- often used to refer to a suntan or a dark glowing complexion
(3) (bronze as in: her bronze is on display)
something made of the brownish metal with the same name -- such as a sculpture (statue) or a third place medal
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)