mudsill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mudsill
Example Sentences
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These are among the mudsill jobs in a pandemic, the jobs less likely to guarantee health coverage or sick days but that sustain the rest of society, allowing others to shelter in place.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
That piece is called the mudsill, the sill plate that runs along the base of a house and anchors the entire structure above it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
The studs and subfloors, the ceilings and windows, the doors and roofing, all the components that make it a house are built on top of the mudsill.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
Like the South, also, the mudsill of their society was cheap labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
My ducky darling," responded the æolian voice of Captain Bob Shorty, "you behold a mudsill just emerged from a liquified portion of the sacred soil.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
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