doorsill
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of doorsill
Example Sentences
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“You can find manufacturer recommendations for tire pressures either on the placard attached to the doorsill of the driver’s door or in your car’s manual.”
From Washington Times • May 11, 2020
After a massive lunch at Ma Maison, in Beverly Hills, with Orson Welles, Jim wrote he had to “brace his boot on the limo’s doorsill to hoist the great director to the curb.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2016
His spurs clinked as he crossed the prison doorsill.
From Time Magazine Archive
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British and French forces removed, standing on the doorsill of the Communist bloc of nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The ship’s daily newspaper lay just outside the doorsill.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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