drystone

noun

Etymology

From dry + 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 drystone — “dry + stone

Definitions

  1. A stalactite or stalagmite.

  2. Alternative spelling of dry-stone.

    • They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
    • He had forgotten that on this side there was a drystone wall sheep pen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for drystone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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