Ravenstone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ravenstone is a noun meaning (UK, dialectal) A gravestone.
Meaning
(UK, dialectal) A gravestone.
More Meanings
- (historical) A place of execution; gallows
Example Sentences
[...] — The raven sits / On the raven-stone, And his black wing flits / O'er the milk-white bone; [...]
Three years later, in 1811, King Friedrich of Wurttemberg ordered the dismantling of permanent gallows and ravenstones and the ending of the practice of exposing malefactors' corpses.
In 1811, for instance, King Friedrich of Württemberg ordered that the permanent gallows and ravenstones be dismantled and that the exposure of dead criminal bodies should be abandoned.
Word Forms
- ravenstones
- raven-stone
- raven stone
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bough, fork, trailbaston, greave, wrack, wrake.
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