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Doorsill   Listen
noun
Doorsill  n.  The sill or threshold of a door.






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"Doorsill" Quotes from Famous Books



... Goliah, who remained seated and contemplated her with his broad smile, in which, however, there was a trace of embarrassment. She had been expecting him, and stood stock-still immediately she stepped across the doorsill, nerving herself and bracing all her faculties. Little Charlot came running up and hid among her petticoats, astonished and frightened to see a strange man there. Then succeeded a ...
— The Downfall • Emile Zola

... was her custom, ran back into the hallway, and stood there, no longer in the room, but with one small foot thrust beyond the doorsill, while she laughed up at her big father, and derisively stuck out a tiny curved red tongue at the famed overlord of Poictesme. Then Dom Manuel, as was his custom, got down upon the floor to slap with his paddle at the intruding foot, and Melicent squealed with delight, and pulled back her foot ...
— Figures of Earth • James Branch Cabell



Words linked to "Doorsill" :   door, doorway, sill, threshold



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