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bedstone

noun
/ˈbɛd.stoʊn/US/ˈbɛd.stəʊn/UK

Etymology

From bed + stone.

  1. derived from *steyh₂-✻ — “to stiffen”
  2. inherited from *stainaz✻ — “stone”
  3. inherited from *stain✻
  4. inherited from stān
  5. inherited from ston
  6. compounded as bedstone — “bed + stone”

Definitions

  1. A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower…

    A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.

    • After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA