windowsill

[ win-doh-sil ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊˌsɪl /

the sill under a window.

Origin of windowsill

First recorded in 1695–1705; window + sill

That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.

‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis |Nina Strochlic |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A rusty, iron key to the past sits on a windowsill in my home.

No Place Like Home |Maysoon Zayid |May 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Just behind the frame, on the windowsill, is a brass logo for the now defunct William Morris Agency.

The Man Behind Piers Morgan |Sean Macaulay |December 12, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It appeared to be supporting itself by two clawlike hands upon the windowsill.

The House on the Borderland |William Hope Hodgson

A spring gun bolt burned a groove in the windowsill next to his head and smashed into the blackboard across the room.

Narakan Rifles, About Face! |Jan Smith
Hence he was trying his best to discover something familiar about the figure now clambering up over the windowsill.

The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour |George A. Warren
Perry leaned over the windowsill and bawled the command down into the darkness.

The Adventure Club Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour
One night I found her sitting in the moonlight with her face dropped forward on the windowsill.

The Arena |Various

windowsill

/ (ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl) /

a sill below a window