Slatestone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 slate countable, uncountable
"It [St Pinnock Viaduct] has seven piers of roughly-dressed, coursed slatestone from Westwood quarry. […] Moorswater is another masonry replacement, consisting of seven tapering piers of rock-faced slatestone with eight semi-circular arches with granite long and short voussoirs."
Example
More examples"It [St Pinnock Viaduct] has seven piers of roughly-dressed, coursed slatestone from Westwood quarry. […] Moorswater is another masonry replacement, consisting of seven tapering piers of rock-faced slatestone with eight semi-circular arches with granite long and short voussoirs."
Etymology
From slate + stone.
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