Cobble-stone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cobble-stone is a noun meaning Alternative form of cobblestone.
Meaning
Alternative form of cobblestone.
Example Sentences
Between were the cobble-stones of the Rue St. Martin and the clatter of innumerable feet.
I walked on a couple of miles through the gloomy old town with houses eighty or a hundred feet high, the narrow sidewalks paved with cobble-stone, the common people taking the middle of the street.
He talked of diorites, trachytes, of triassic rocks, and calcareous veins till my brain reeled, and he finally left me with the impression that even the cobble-stone is not to be despised as a milling proposition.
The ground beneath her feet is extraordinarily smooth, as near as cobble-stones can get to parquetry; she imagines an army of paviours patiently completing it like a jigsaw puzzle while the placid citizens look on.
Word Forms
- cobble-stones
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