sills

Anything you put on the sills is going to wind up on the floor.

SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1218 2009

The sills were the regulation spearlength; Fax had not given in to the recent practice of diminishing the protective wall.

DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

Over the sills is a windlass, with a rope coming down to fasten your hands to.

Recollections of Slavery by a Runaway Slave A Runaway Slave 1838

In town these "sills" are nailed to posts which have been driven eight feet into the ground; but on the prairie are simply laid on the flat; on to the sills come the joists, planks 2 x 6 placed on edge across, two feet apart.

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

You lay out your foundation by putting thick pieces of oak called "sills" on the ground in the shape of your house.

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

The chief objection to stabling cattle in the _body_ of the barn is, the continual decay of the most important timbers, such as sills, sleepers,

Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Lewis Falley Allen 1845

Probe visible wood structural members such as sills, joists, beams, and columns, with a screwdriver, pocket knife or ice pick, to be sure wood is solid and free from decay and wood boring insects.

EzineArticles 2010

A particularly evocative image, titled "Roma," presents a police lineup of massive stone blocks, a spouting fountain, a tree, a giant foot and a floating book, arrayed along a narrow horizontal base, like the stone sills that frame Renaissance Madonnas.

An Anxious Modern Eyes the Eternal City Karen Wilkin 2011

Here's a reminder that if your home was built before 1978, the trim and sills around those windows might be covered in lead paint.

Got old windows? Opening them could stir up harmful lead 2011

Oh, and no overhanging balconies and window sills that nail anyone over 5 ft. tall with a concrete wallop.

Other than your favorite foods, what was the hardest thing to give up when you moved to Mexico? 2009