Definitions for doorstone

doorstone door·stone

Spelling: [dawr-stohn, dohr-]
IPA: /ˈdɔrˌstoʊn, ˈdoʊr-/

Doorstone is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 332 anagrams from letters in doorstone (denooorst).

Definitions for doorstone

noun

  1. a stone serving as the sill of a doorway.

Origin of doorstone

First recorded in 1755-65; door + stone

Examples for doorstone

At last he stood in front of her doorstone, his hat in his hand.

And the girl hung her head; and presently when they looked back they saw that she sat on a doorstone, sobbing.

This doorstone must have been a favorite evening seat for my sister, for I remember many other delicious gloamings.

He stopped a moment before her on the doorstone and drew the quick breath of the haste of his coming.

I may not cross the doorstone of this house to-day, Althea; I am forbidden; so hear me say what I came to say.

They sat side by side upon the doorstone, her head against his shoulder, their hands locked.

At all events, he was left standing on the doorstone, and no one came to bid him enter.

The rest of the boys were now far beyond them; and had just placed their feet upon the doorstone, when a loud shout of "help!"

Better still, she need account to nobody if she chose to sit there on the doorstone, and let the hours go unregretted by.

And before I realised it my hair swept the doorstone where I sat.

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