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mudsill.

The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.

  2. A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)

    figuratively
    The Pre-Historic Era was the mudsill of human development.
  3. A person of low status or humble provenance.

    Southern-US · dated
Where this word comes from

"1685, 'lowest sill of a house,' from mud + sill. The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, March 4, 1858, in U.S. Senate, alluding to the very mudsills of society, and the term subsequently was embraced by Northern workers in the pre-Civil War sectional rivalry." (OED, 2007)

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