Bedstone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɛd.stoʊn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bedstone is a noun meaning A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
Meaning
A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
Example Sentences
After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.
Word Forms
- bedstones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tablestone, mill-stone, fieldstone, summer-stone, slumpstone, bakstone.
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