fieldstonen.
/ˈfiːldstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈfil(d)ˌstoʊn/ 1. A stone occurring naturally on the ground or in the soil.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > other stones
loys1295
anthracites1535
rockstone?1545
stone-glass1585
milkstone1598
fieldstone1649
pebble1669
ballstone1726
grain-stone1756
knablick1757
found stone1800
sitfast1809
graptolite1838
bumble1839
hardhead1849
chock1894
chockstone1894
1649 S. Rutherford Free Disputation vi. 67 B promises a hundreth thousand pounds of field stones, A expects good, reall, and true money.
1794 C. Hassall Gen. View Agric. Carmarthen 26 The best material for filling this drain is field stones.
1892 Jrnl. Archæol. Inst. No. 194. 155 Small field-stones concreted with sticky gravel.
1950 Amer. Antiq. 16 122/2 We saw jumbled masses of fieldstones plentifully sprinkled with cactus and some low brush.
2000 Dead Sea Discov. 7 224 All individuals..are buried beneath a pile of field stones.
2. As a mass noun: stone occurring naturally on the ground or in the soil, esp. as used for building.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone
rag1313
mould-stone1353
Caen-stone1421
ornel1432
Yorkshire stone1569
Portland stone1633
bluestone1709
fieldstone1797
whitbed1812
water stone1815
cabook1834
chimney rock1847
Ham Hill stone1889
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. lxxx. 131 There are remarkable small round huts built here, of the fieldstone, that have no windows.
1837 Farmers' Cabinet 1 318/1 Another way of making half wall, and I think more durable, is of common field stone.
1912 G. Stickley More Craftsman Homes 99/1 The walls and chimney are built of field stone.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 28/4 The handsome panelled and fieldstone walls.
2001 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 14 June 1 e The fieldstone exterior provides excellent insulation and protection from the elements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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