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Meanings of ledge-sill in English

A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

Synonyms
Examples for "sill"
Examples for "sill"
1
I've often wondered how the animal managed to climb onto the sill.
Speaking in Bones
2
Her hand pressed the stone window-sill in terror of the awful presence.
The White Sister
3
He sat on the window sill in the biting cold and listened.
The Street of Seven Stars
4
Clara lifted the screen, and Nils swung his leg across the window-sill.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
5
Jumping over the window sill, the visitor found himself in this room.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
1
A second later, she was raising her hands to the window ledge.
The Ghost Next Door
2
He flew across the gap and struck just below the window ledge.
Map of bones
3
Elephants and Buddhas huddle on the bookcase and along the window ledge.
Blackbird
4
Zidani stood and leaned back against the window ledge, behind the desk.
The frailty of flesh
5
Crouched on every window ledge and cornice were hundreds of vile creatures.
The Angel Stone
1
He sat on the window sill in the biting cold and listened.
The Street of Seven Stars
2
Jumping over the window sill, the visitor found himself in this room.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
3
He set his model on the window sill to dry and harden.
Salem’s Lot
4
He scaled the trellis and rested a hand on the window sill.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
5
He got one foot on the window sill clear of the board.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth