Merestone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone. England, historical, regional

    "The mislayer of a merestone is to blame"

  2. 2
    an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab wordnet

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landmarkmearstonemeerestone

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"The mislayer of a merestone is to blame"

Etymology

From Middle English merestone, merestane, from Old English mǣrstān (“boundary-stone”), equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + stone.

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