A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
A horizontal, tabular igenous intrusion running between parallel layers of bedded country rock. (See also Concordant intrusion.)
The piece of timber at the bottom of a window sill.
The flat ledge at the bottom of a window frame.
Continuous shore parallel structure, submerged at high tide.
Horizontal bottom timber of window frame
The bottom portion of the jamb frame attached to the threshold, usually adjustable so as to form a tight seal with the bottom of the door and sweep.
A small, concordant (injected between layers of sedimentary rock) body of intrusive igneous rock.
The board or piece of metal forming the lower side of an opening, such as a door sill or window sill. Back to the Top
Iron bar screwed to the bottom of door flats for strengthening and securing.
A ledge on the bottom of a window opening.
(1) The two-by-four or two-by-six wood plate framing member that lays flat against and bolted to the foundation wall (with anchor bolts) and upon which the floor joists are installed. (2) The member forming the lower side of an opening, as a door sill or window sill.
The bottom horizontal member of a door or window opening.
The horizontal ledge at the base of the window.
(Framing) the horizontal wood framing that rests directly on the foundation. A flat, horizontal member, such as a window sill.
A tabular body of intrusive rock injected between layers of the enclosing rock.
A sheet-like body of igneous rock which conforms to bedrock or other structural planes.
The lowest horizontal member of a window which helps to support the bottom sash
In a wood-frame house, the sill is a wooden member that rests on top of the foundation (and, per today's building codes, is anchored to it by bolts). In post-and-beam construction, the bottom ends of posts rest on the sill; in a balloon frame, the bottom ends of studs and the ends of floor joists; in a platform frame, the ends of floor joists only. The fixed horizontal member of a window frame, below the sash, is also called a sill.
Molten rock that has flowed between other rock layers usually horizontally and cooled.
The bottom most part of the fixed window frame ( horizontal ).
the horizontal bottom member of a window or door frame.
A sill is a relatively thin and wide (tabular, like a table top) "concordant" magmatic intrusion; sills intrude between or along (paralell to) local sediment and rock layers. Back
An intrusion of igneous rock into older rock, but one in which the intrusion is parallel to or concordant with pre-existing layering such as sedimentary bedding or metamorphic foliation. Compare dike.
volcanic rock extrude parallel to dominate bedrock; compare dike.
a tabular (table-top-shaped), igneous intrusion concordant (parallel to) the layering in the country rock which it intrudes.
A sheet-like body of igneous rock which is conformable with (parallel to) the bedding or structural planes of the host rock.
(1) With respect to a mine opening, the base or floor of the excavated area (stope); (2) With respect to intrusive rock, a tabular intrusive unit that is conformable with surrounding rock layers.
A horizontal member at the bottom of a wall (sometimes called a sill PLATE) or a window.
The lowest horizontal part of a window frame, door frame or stud partition.
An intrusive sheet of igneous rock forced, usually horizontally, between layers of older surrounding rock strata.
The bottom horizontal member of an entrance which provides the foundation and footing for the entrance frame. The sill extends the full width of the door travel.
Horizontal sheet of intrusive igneous rock.
The horizontal ledge of a window frame.
A flat stone used under windows, doors and other masonry openings.
Lower horizontal face of an opening.
The bottom ledge of the window casing.
an igneous body intruded parallel to the bedding plane of the host sediments.
A horizontal intrusion, like the slab beneath a window. ( photo)
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
a formation of igneous rock found in features such as mesas, hogbacks, and cuestas
a horizontal ledge-like intrusion lying between beds of layered rock
an intrusion that slips between the layers and runs parallel to them
a sheetlike injection of magma between layers of sedimentary rock
a tabular body which is concordant
The horizontal member that supports a window frame and disperses rainwater away from the opening.
_A horizontal sheet of intrusive rock injected between layers of sedimentary or metamorphic rock.
The horizontal member that bears the upright portion of a frame, especially the horizontal member that forms the base of a window.
Support at the bottom of a window
A horizontal piece that forms the lowest member or one of the lowest members of a framework or supporting structure.
The horizontal section of material at the base of a window opening.
The stone or wood member across the bottom of a door or window opening. Also the bottom member on which a building frame rests (sill plate).
A concordant sheet of igneous rock that has been injected, while molten, between sedimentary or volcanic beds or along layered planes of metamorphic rock.
Framing member that forms the bottom edge of the window opening or external door.
The horizontal support below a window or a door.
The horizontal trim frame piece at the bottom of a window casing, exterior door openings also have sills, but they are called Thresh Holds
1) A sill plate. 2) The structural member forming the bottom of a rough opening for a door or window. Also, the bottom member of a door or window frame.
Bottom horizontal member of a door or window frame
Horizontal structural element at the base of a window or door, often of stone.
The lowest horizontal piece of a window or door.
The bottom framing member of a door or window opening.
The lowest horizontal piece of window, door, or wall framework.
The bottom of the outer frame.
A horizontal member of a home's frame that forms the base of a window or door.
The lowest horizontal member in a frame or opening for a window or door. Also, the lowest horizontal member in a framed wall or partition.
The first structural component of the framing that rests on the foundation wall.
The member found at the base of an external door or on the base of a window frame.
The horizontal member at the base of a window; the lowest member of the framework of a wall, sometimes called the mudsill.
A tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, parallel to the layering of the rocks into which it intrudes.
The lowest piece upon which a window or exterior door rests, usually slanted downward slightly to provide for rain water runoff.
The horizontal piece that forms the bottom of a window frame. The sill is generally slanted down to the outside to shed standing water.
The piece of structural wood forming the lower side of a window opening.
Horizontal exterior member below a window or door opening. In frame construction, the lowest structural member that rests on the foundation.
The horizontal, ledge like portion of a window casing Spacer/Projection Brackets- 3/8" clear plastic spacers that are used on top or behind an installation bracket to clear obstructions
a concordant sheet of igneous rock. A sill may become a dyke or vice versa.
The strip of wood that lies immediately on top of a concrete or masonry foundation in wood frame construction; the horizontal bottom portion of a window or a door.
The bottom of the floodgate opening.
The lowest horizontal framing member of the house.
The lowest horizontal member across a door or window opening. In the case of a door, the sill is often called a threshold.
Sill - A tabular (book shaped) igneous intrusion that parallels bedding (layering) of sedimentary or other layered rocks.
The horizontal frame that forms the base of the greenhouse and attaches to the foundation.
The horizontal member forming the bottom of a window or exterior door frame; the lowest member of the frame of a structure, resting on the foundation and supporting the frame.
The bottom portion of the window frame.
A molding mounted horizontally at the base of a window. Tied intricately with both the interior and exterior window construction, the sill provides a terminus for the window casing. See details 27, 29 and 30.
A sheet of igneous rock that has intruded along the layering of sedimentary or metamorphic rock.
( seuil) a horizontal member at the bottom of a window, or of a wall (sometimes called a sill plate).
A nearly horizontal table-top-shaped tabular intrusion that occurs between the layers of country rock.
The main horizontal member forming the bottom of the frame of a window or door.
the bottommost horizontal timber resting on the footings or the ground into which the posts are mortised; wooden horizontal base of a widow or door frame.
The bottom horizontal component of a doorframe. It is the part one walks over when passing through a doorway, sometimes called a threshold. Sills are available in a variety of materials such as oak and bronze or brass anodized aluminum.
Horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame.
The bottom horizontal framing member of a wall opening such as a window or door.
The lowest horizontal member in a door, window, or sash frame.
The crest of a spillway. Also the horizontal gate seating, made of wood, stone, concrete, or metal at the invert of any opening or gap in a structure. Hence, the expressions: gate sill, stoplog sill.
the lower horizontal part of a window frame. Materials vary widely from wood to marble.
The sill is the bottom part of the frame.
The horizontal, bottommost part of a door or window frame. In a door, the sill rests on the foundation and supports the frame structure. In a window, the sill usually has a ledge-like protrusion.
A main horizontal member forming the bottom of a window or door assembly.
A horizontal piece forming the bottom frame of a window or door opening.
The bottom board that is laid first on the foundation and on which the frame rests.
A sheet of igneous rock which is flat-lying or has intruded parallel to strata.
The bottom horizontal piece of a door. Includes both the threshold and the subsill.
The lower horizontal edge of an opening.
a volcanic intrusive rock formed parallel to the dominant statigraphy.
A support member laid flat on the top of the foundation wall, used as the base for floor framing; also called the sill plate. Also, the member forming the lower side of an opening, such as a windowsill or doorsill.
Horizontal member that is installed first on the floor or pony wall.
The bottom crosspiece on a window frame.
the lowest member of a frame (usually wood or metal), which supports the uprights of a frame--most commonly used to describe the lowest horizontal member of an opening, such as a door sill or window sill
The bottom horizontal framing member of an opening, such as below a window or door.
n. A sheet-like igneous intrusion that parallels the plane of the surrounding rock.
A horizontal timber member at the bottom of the frame of a window or door, on the external face to shed water. A masonry sill projects beyond the pane of the wall, below the timber sill. (also: cill).
(1) The 2 X 4 or 2 X 6 wood plate framing member that lays flat against and bolted to the foundation wall (with anchor bolts) and upon which the floor joists are installed; normally, the sill plate is treated lumber; (2) The member forming the lower side of an opening, as a door sill or window sill
the floor or bottom of a passage in a mine
the horizontal piece forming the bottom of the window frame.
is the lowest member of the house frame, which rests on the foundation and supports the floor joists or the uprights of the wall.
The narrow shelf running horizontally at the bottom of some windows.
The bottom member of a door or window frame. It is usually angled to shed water.
The horizontal, bottom section of the main frame.
A tabular igneous intrusion that parallels the planar structure of the surrounding rock.
The horizontal, bottom section of the masterframe.
The board or material that extends out at the bottom of the window on the exterior. This area is usually sloped downward to facilitate drainage out and away from the window.
The lowest horizontal member of a door or window unit.
the bottom composite member of the door frame. Composed of two pieces: the threshold and the subsill. Works to keep weather (air and water) infiltration to a minimum.
The bottom section of a Window frame installed at a angle designed to shed water away from the inside of a home and seal to the bottom of a window sash. Many sills are equipped with weather stripping to make the seal with the sash weather tight.
The lowest member of the frame of a structure, resting on the foundation and supporting the floor joists or the uprights of the wall. The member forming the lower side of an opening, as in a door sill, window sill, etc.
Horizontal member that forms the bottom of a window frame.
The lowest member of the frame of a structure, usually horizontal, resting on the foundation and supporting the uprights of the frame. Also the lowest member of a window or outside door frame.
A tabular, sheet-like body of intrusive igneous rock, which has been injected between layers of sedimentary or metamorphic rock.
1. Bottom of a frame, such as in a window or door. 2. Horizontal board that is fastened to the top of a foundation wall with anchor bolts and is also called a sill plate.
Rising magma cooling underground which forms in sheets parallel to existing layers. Dikes and sills of Keweenawan time arose among the older Rove Formation which runs from Gunflint Lake east to Superior (our BWCA Region V). More resistant to erosion and glaciation than the surrounding rock, they delineate the long and narrow lakes which are the hallmark of this region.
The lowest member of a wood frame structure that rests on the foundation. It supports the floor joists or uprights of the wall. It can also refer to any member forming the lower portion of an opening, such as a door sill or window sill.
horizontal member at base of window or door.
A flat or slightly beveled unit set horizontally at the base of an opening in a wall.
Also known as a mudsill; it is the lowest part of a frame house that rests on the foundation.
A level, continuous lpad between the foundation top and the bottom of the framing system.
an approximately horizontal sheet of instrusive igneous rock, found between older rock beds. [AHDOS
The horizontal piece forming the bottom of the frame on a window or door.
The main longitudinal members of a car underframe.
The main horizontal member across the bottom of a window frame.
An intrusive sheet of igneous rock of roughly uniform thickness that has been forced between the bedding planes of existing rock.
In geology, a sill is a tabular, often horizontal mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. The term sill is synonymous with concordant intrusive sheet.