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

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doorstone

Mr. Armstrong stood upon the doorstone below, looking outward, waiting.

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

You a North-country woman, Ducie," she said, "and yet going to bring snowdrops across the doorstone?

From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

I mean, this necklace, as an object, is of no more importance, really, than that doorstone out there.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

We stepped from the front doorstone into the garden.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Oh for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread,— Pewter spoon and bowl of wood, On the doorstone, gray and rude!

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes