"groundsill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndsəl/ Forms: groundsills [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English groundselle, ground sille, equivalent to ground + sill. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|groundselle}} Middle English groundselle, {{af|en|ground|sill}} ground + sill Head templates: {{en-noun}} groundsill (plural groundsills)
  1. (rare) A timber beam used as the foundation for a building. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-groundsill-en-noun-jzr9CddK
  2. The lowest beam of a door-frame; the threshold.
    Sense id: en-groundsill-en-noun-bzUel0Kj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grunsel [obsolete], groundsel, groundsell

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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