Meanings
noundoorsill (plural doorsills)
plural doorsills
- The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
Proud Margaret stept in o'er the door-sill.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 176
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 門檻 /门槛
- 門檻 /门槛 (ménkǎn)material at the threshold of a doorway
Finnish kynnys
- kynnysmaterial at the threshold of a doorway
French barre de seuil
- barre de seuilmaterial at the threshold of a doorway
German Türschwelle
- Türschwellematerial at the threshold of a doorway
Hebrew סַף
- סַף (saf)material at the threshold of a doorway
Hindi चौखट
- चौखट (caukhaṭ)material at the threshold of a doorway
Māori pehipehi, paewai
- pehipehimaterial at the threshold of a doorway
- paewaimaterial at the threshold of a doorway
- paepae potomaterial at the threshold of a doorway
Swedish tröskel, dörrtröskel
- tröskelmaterial at the threshold of a doorway
- dörrtröskelmaterial at the threshold of a doorway
Cite this entry
APA
doorsill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorsill
MLA
“doorsill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorsill. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doorsill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorsill.
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