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ground⋅sill

  [ground-sil]
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–noun
the lowermost sill of a framed structure, esp. one lying close to the ground.
Also, groundsel.
Also called ground beam, ground plate.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME grownsel. See ground 1 , sill
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ground·sill   (ground'sĭl')   
n.  The horizontal timber nearest the ground in the frame of a building.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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