Definition of Doorsills

1. Noun. (plural of doorsill) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doorsills

1. doorsill [n] - See also: doorsill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorsills

doormats
doormen
doorn
doornail
doornails
doorns
doorpeople
doorperson
doorpersons
doorplate
doorplates
doorpost
doorposts
doors
doorsill
doorsills (current term)
doorsman
doorsmen
doorstead
doorsteads
doorstep
doorstepped
doorstepping
doorsteps
doorstone
doorstones
doorstop
doorstopper
doorstoppers
doorstops

Literary usage of Doorsills

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1874)
"... and the doors and door frames or jambs, whether external or in staircases, and the doorsills and heads, and window shutters and frames, ..."

2. The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1871)
"... with iron girder beams; and the doors and door frames or jambs, whether extern: cases, and the doorsills and heads, and window shutters and frames, ..."

3. Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis by Josiah Strong (1885)
"... grades of cotton in Manchester, our electro-plate in Birmingham, and our watches in Geneva, and undersell European manufacturers on their own doorsills. ..."

4. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
""Up to the doorsills of the log huts stretched the solemn and mysterious forest. There were no openings to break its continuity; nothing but endless leagues ..."

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