Hypertext Webster Gateway: "threshold"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Threshold
(1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point
than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18;
46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post."
(2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly
"storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the
Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in
the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Threshold \Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS.
[thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold,
[thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh;
akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj["o]de, [thorn]r["o]skuldr, Sw.
tr["o]skel, Dan. t[ae]rskel. See {Thrash}.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning,
entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
threshold
n 1: the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the
threshold of manhood"
2: the smallest detectable sensation [syn: {limen}]
3: the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter
or leave a room or building; the space that a door can
close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [syn: {doorway},
{door}, {room access}]
4: the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that
forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when
passing through a doorway [syn: {doorsill}, {doorstep}]
5: a region marking a boundary [syn: {brink}, {verge}]
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