(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
A young herring.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
A young herring.
The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
A young herring.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
A young herring.
The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.