Drystone
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A stalactite or stalagmite.
- 1 Alternative spelling of dry-stone. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"They leant over a drystone wall."
Etymology
From dry + stone.
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