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Webster 1913 Edition


Crowstone

Crow′stoneˊ

(kr?′st?nˊ)
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Noun.
(Arch.)
The top stone of the gable end of a house.
Halliwell.

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crowstone

crowstone

English

Noun

crowstone (plural crowstones)

  1. (architecture) The top stone of the gable end of a house.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  2. (Britain, dialect) ganister, a kind of sandstone