sill
noun
/sɪl/
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- (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
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Fensterbank,
Fensterbrett,
Brüstung,
Fensterbrüstung,
Sims
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- A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
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Bodenstufe,
Drempel
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- (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
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Fachwerkschwelle,
Fussschwelle,
Fußschwelle,
Schwelle
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- (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
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Lagergang,
Sill
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