Sill definition

Sill means a footing used to distribute the load from a vertical support or a base plate of a scaffold to the ground. (« sole »)
Sill means bottom members of door and window frames, or the area between top of foundation wall and floor framing.
Sill means horizontal structural member set directly on the ground surface, or embedded to a firm surface level that is used to provide a temporary base for a temporary support or bracing.

Examples of Sill in a sentence

  • Sill with clip angles attached All work involved in the assembly of these components to each other and the securing to the building, will be performed by the Manufacturers field forces.

  • Included: All nonprofessional employees of the Small Market and Stand-Alone Organization (SSO), Defense Health Agency located at the Army Health Clinic (AHC) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, at Fort ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; AHC ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, at Fort ▇▇▇▇▇; and AHC ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ at Fort Sill.

  • Excluded: All nonprofessional employees at the Army Health Clinic (AHC) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, at Fort ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, at Fort ▇▇▇▇▇; and ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ at Fort Sill; all professional employees; management officials; supervisors; and employees described in 5 U.S.C. § 7112(b)(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7).

  • Jr., TSM FATDS, Fort Sill, OK, Letter to the Editor, Field Artillery, January – February 2006, available online at http://sill- www.army.mil/firesbulletin/archives/2006/JAN_FEB_2006/JAN_FEB_2006_FULL_EDITION.

  • Sill plates must be separated by a sill plate gasket in proper installations to avoid direct contact with concrete and the ground.


More Definitions of Sill

Sill means the lowest horizontal member of a window frame.
Sill means the bottom horizontal member or element of a window or door.
Sill means the horizontal support at the bottom of the window.
Sill means a linear erosion control structure constructed of riprap, shell bags, or other approved
Sill means a linear erosion control structure constructed of riprap, shell bags, or other approved material placed channelward of and generally parallel to an eroding shoreline. Sand is often placed landward of the sill to raise the elevation of the substrate and facilitate the establishment of wetlands vegetation.
Sill means a low profile offshore structure designed to retain sand and marsh on
Sill means a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock