







A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.

भूवैज्ञानिक ने घाटी की दीवारों में सिलों का अध्ययन किया, यह देखते हुए कि कैसे आग्नेय चट्टान की क्षैतिज परतें पुरानी तलछटी चट्टानों के बीच सैंडविच थीं।




