Cobblestone
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads. countable
"In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone"
- 2 rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads wordnet
- 3 Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material. uncountable
"The road was paved in cobblestone."
- 1 pave with cobblestones wordnet
Example
More examples"You'll never find the way back home, through narrow streets of cobblestone."
Etymology
From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).
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