| 释义 |
markstone Obs. exc. dial.|ˈmɑːkstəʊn|
[f. mark n.1 + stone n. Cf. G. markstein.]
A boundary stone.
1364Durham Halmote Rolls (Surtees) 31 Promisit quod ipse venire faciet le merkstans. 1535Coverdale Gen. xxxi. 45 Then toke Iacob a stone and set it up for a piler or markstone. 1587Harrison England i. v. 12/1 in Holinshed, The marke stone [1577 stone] which Turnus threw at æneas. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 841 They are wont to lay coales vnder bounders and marke-stones for lands. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 338 Markstanes, stones set up on end for marks in the days of yore, that farmers might know the marches of their farms. |