doorstone

American  

[dawr-stohn, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌstoʊn, ˈdoʊr- /

noun

1. a stone serving as the sill of a doorway.

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Etymology

Origin of doorstone

First recorded in 1755–65; door + stone

Example Sentences

A mole cricket was chirring in the grass by the old doorstone.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

I had a beautiful dream last night, Miss Faith," said Glory, one morning, when Faith came over and found the busy handmaiden with her churn upon the doorstone, "about Miss Henderson.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Mariana had hesitated on the doorstone, at her leaving, and there the cap'n bade her good-by, rather piteously and with finality, though they were to be neighbors still.

From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice

A child with very yellow hair came running out upon the doorstone, laughing aloud at some small joke of his very own.

From The Windy Hill by Meigs, Cornelia

Your foot’s not dirtied that doorstone A dozen times in your life: and then, to come, To-day, of all days, just when Jim ...

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson