sill vs trunnion

sill

noun
  • The shaft or thill of a carriage. 

  • A young herring. 

  • A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata. 

  • The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure. 

  • A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate. 

  • A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against. 

  • A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull. 

  • A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window. 

adj
  • Silly. 

trunnion

noun
  • A shaft, held by a bearing, at each end or side of a rotatable object. 

  • A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool. 

  • A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions. 

  • One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon. 

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