Bible Dictionaries
Threshold

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

(2):

(n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Threshold'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/threshold.html. 1828.