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Doorsill   /dˈɔrsɪl/   Listen
Doorsill

noun
1.
The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway.  Synonyms: doorstep, threshold.






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"Doorsill" Quotes from Famous Books



... overhanging the river—Dory's "workshop." Its door was open and Arthur could see the whole of the interior. Dory and a young woman were standing by a bench at the window, were bending over something in which they seemed to be absorbed. Not until Arthur stepped upon the doorsill ...
— The Second Generation • David Graham Phillips

... Perhaps the Ghosts of Things Past scampered up the winding stairway; at least, they were not to be seen. He found the front-door key in the lock and turned the bolt. When the door swung inward a little thrill touched him. For the first time in his life he was standing on his own doorsill, looking down his own front path and through his own ...
— The Lilac Girl • Ralph Henry Barbour

... could say. She tried to save herself from falling, but she could not. Nor could Bert. He went down, on one side of the doorsill, and Dinah sat down, very hard, on the other, the cake bouncing from her hands, up toward her head, and ...
— The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat • Laura Lee Hope



Words linked to "Doorsill" :   door, room access, doorstep, doorway, sill



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