Padstone
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Padstone is a noun meaning A pad to spread the weight of a point load in a wall.
Meaning
A pad to spread the weight of a point load in a wall.
More Meanings
- A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.
Word Forms
- padstones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include staddle, stadle, summer-stone, steddle, stakewall, roundstone.
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