In a message dated Wed, 31 Jul 2002 7:51:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
> I prefer saddle to sill.
Ken,
Reference to the piece of stone would properly call it a sill, as one would call a piece of masonry at the bottom of a window to be a sill. The wooden thingie at the bottom of a door is probably a sill also, but a metal (alum or bronze) strip would be a saddle. We need John Leeke or one of our carpenter cohorts to confirm this. As long as they agree with me, that is.
Ralph
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