door-silln.

Forms: see door n. and sill n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: door n., sill n.¹

Etymology: < door n. + sill n.¹Compare Middle Low German dōrsul, German Türschwelle (16th cent. as Thürschwelle). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoor-sill.

The sill or threshold of a door.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > threshold or door-step

thresholdeOE

hirst1513

groundsel1523

treadsole1543

door-sill1570

sill1600

step-stone1605

doorstep1810

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 365 v/1 To Rome..to visite the doresels of the Apostles [L. limina Apostolorum].

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 494 A door-cill, or threshold of a door.

1758 B. Thornton Idler 22 July 121 She..stands gaping at the door-sill.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 7 He invited no comer to step across his door-sill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	door-sill
释义	door-silln. Forms: see door n. and sill n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: door n., sill n.¹ Etymology: < door n. + sill n.¹Compare Middle Low German dōrsul, German Türschwelle (16th cent. as Thürschwelle). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoor-sill. The sill or threshold of a door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > threshold or door-step thresholdeOE hirst1513 groundsel1523 treadsole1543 door-sill1570 sill1600 step-stone1605 doorstep1810 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 365 v/1 To Rome..to visite the doresels of the Apostles [L. limina Apostolorum]. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 494 A door-cill, or threshold of a door. 1758 B. Thornton Idler 22 July 121 She..stands gaping at the door-sill. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 7 He invited no comer to step across his door-sill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1570
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