[
US
/ˈdɔɹsɪɫ/
]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use doorsill In A Sentence
- He went back to the murder scene and found a piece of flattened lead near the front edge of the doormat under the doorsill.
- The cops, used to this sort of behavior perhaps, stepped over the doorsill anyway, forcing Cara to step back or get knocked over. Choker
- He nodded and came over and sat down on the doorsill next to me. TROPIC OF NIGHT
- But this afternoon while the assayer was dragging you out of the prospect hole, and I was watching through your field glasses, I happened to turn them in the direction of the pesthouse, and there he was again, humped up on the doorsill, watching through glasses of his own. Tabitha's Vacation
- Our front door gets squeaky now and again (door rubbing on beat-up aluminum doorsill) and I just rub the paraffin block on the doorsill and that fixes it immediately. shibathedog Use A Candle To Keep Doors And Windows From Sticking | Lifehacker Australia
- Neither boy waited to see more; another kettleful of chickpeas smoking in a heap on the floor; soda crackers crumbled and strewn in a line next to the doorsill. Excerpt: Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Its interior reveals high performance sport seats, alloy pedals, leather shift knob, instrument cluster, three-spoke leather steering wheel, doorsills and floor mats.
- To complete any door weather stripping operation, don't forget the gap between the bottom of the door and the wood or metal doorsill.
- We got there not a moment too soon - another ten minutes, and it would have been over the edge of the doorsill and into the basement.
- In the final year of the twentieth century, Taiwan crossed a historic doorsill, completing an unprecedented transfer of power between political parties, and ushering in a new era in our nation's democratic development.