ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Merestone

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Merestone is a noun meaning (England, regional, now historical) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.

Meaning

(England, regional, now historical) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.

Example Sentences

The mislayer of a merestone is to blame
Past the mere-stones that marked their turf they strode, with grass stems between their teeth and dandelion seed heads in their hair […].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include borderstone, markstone, throughstone, cornstone, bluestone, marlstone.

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