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