ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Crowstone

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Crowstone is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.

Meaning

(UK, dialect) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.

Example Sentences

Yoredale Sandstones […] Large quarries in the "crowstone," as the rock is locally calld, may also be seen in Ratcliffe Wood. […] along Hollin Lane, where the crowstone is again largely quarried.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cornstone, camstone, whinstone, carstone, corestone, ganister.

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