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Perron

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc. historical

    "hit wille be no worship for you to haue adoo with me / for ye are fressh and I am wounded sore / And therfor and ye wille nedes haue ado with me / Assigne me a day and thenne I shal mete with you withoute fayle / ye saye wel said sir Tristram / Now I assigne you to mete me in the medowe by the ryuer of Camelot / where Merlyon sette the peron"

  2. 2
    A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.

Etymology

From Middle French pierre (“stone”), from Anglo-Norman perron.

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