ˈdoor-sill
The sill or threshold of a door.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 259/1 To Rome..to uisit the doorsels of the Apostles [limina Apostolorum]. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 494 A door-cill, or threshold of a door. 1758 Johnson Idler No. 15 ¶2 She..stands gaping at the door-sill. 1861 Geo. Eliot Silas M. i. (L.), He invited no comer to step across his door-sill. |