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Sill plate

A heavy timber plate at the bottom of the frame of a wood structure resting directly on the foundation.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

sill plate

1. A heavy horizontal timber at the bottom of the frame of a wood structure; the timber rests directly on a foundation; same as sill, 1.
2. Same as groundsill.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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