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lapstone

noun

Etymology

From lap + 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 lapstone — “lap + stone”

Definitions

  1. A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.

    • he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather

  2. A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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