Bedstone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From bed + stone.
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