ˈwindow-sill
= sill n.1 2.
| 1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 241 Window-sells (sometimes call'd Window soils,) which are the bottom pieces in a Window-frame. 1814 Scott Ld. of Isles v. iii, Till on the mossy window-sill Their track effaced the green. 1819 Crabbe T. of Hall vii. 495 The curtains fell Half down, and rested on the window-sill. 1837 Whittock, etc. Bk. Trades (1842) 325 (Mason), He also constructs and lays the window cells of all buildings. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop viii, The little flower-pots which always stood on the window⁓sill outside. 1850 T. Inkersley Inq. Styles Archit. France 311 The string-course below the window-cill. 1886 Stevenson Kidnapped ii, I heard the blunderbuss rattle on the window-sill. |