Mudsill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mudsill is a noun meaning The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
Meaning
The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)
- (dated, Southern US) A person of low status or humble provenance.
Example Sentences
The Pre-Historic Era was the mudsill of human development.
General Lee throw down his sword and surrender his invincible Southern legions to that poor little Northern mud-sill, a late tanner from Illinois!
Though the mudsill of the labor world, he whistles as he hoes, and no dark broodings or whispered conspirings mar the cheerful acceptance of the load he bears.
1861, Theodore Winthrop, Washington as a Camp, The Following Is the Oath We were now miserable mercenaries, serving for low pay and rough rations. Read the Southern papers and you will see us described. “Mudsills,” — that, I believe, is the technical word.
Word Forms
- mudsills
- mud sill
- mud-sill
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sill, undersill, threshold, groundsill, mudwall, slab.
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