Dry-stone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dry-stone is an adjective meaning (of a wall, bridge, building, etc.) Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.
Meaning
(of a wall, bridge, building, etc.) Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.
Example Sentences
dry-stone wall
The first part of the book traces the history of dry stone walls from medieval times to the present. The standard form of most walls probably dates from Tudor times but the great era of wall-building in the uplands took place comparatively recently, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Word Forms
- drystone
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drystone, stonebuilt, steined, hammer-dressed, nigged, straight-joint.
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