pebble stonen.

Brit.

/ˈpɛbl stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpɛb(ə)l ˌstoʊn/

Forms: see pebble n. and stone n.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, stone n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (compare pebble n.) + stone n. See also pimble stone n.

1. = pebble n. 1a. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > pebble

chesila700

pebbleOE

pebble stoneOE

gravel-stonec1450

calionc1459

pimble stone1577

rockstone1625

shilly1675

dornick1840

klip1852

jackstone1885

yonnie1941

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 209 Gað to ðære sæ strande, & feccað me papolstanas.

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 49/1 Lapillulos : i. paruos lapides, popelstanas.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) : Prov. (Bodl. 959) xx. 17 Sweete is to a man þe bred of lesyng, & after shal ben fulfild þe mouþ of hym with a litil pibbil-ston [L. calculo].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 353 Whan oþer wepene failleþ, þey [sc. the Irish] haueþ good publestones [?a1475 anon. tr. moche stones; L. lapides pugillares] redy at hond.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 37 (MED) A forgh iij footes deep thy londes thorgh With grauel, or with litel pibbul stonys [L. lapidibus minutisq] Vnto the mydward fild ayeyn this forgh.

c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 33 (MED) Tak & hete ij rownde pepble stones & cast þam in thyn herbis & sprenkill a-bown salte & vynagre.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 259 Puble stone, caillov.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 12 Two pybble stones of goulde weighinge an vnce.

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) x. P vj b On tother side, where as the streame of peablestones great store Togither rouled had.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 10 Yet did not this cruell-hearted Curre shedde one teare: he is a stone, a very pibble stone .

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 As many peeble stones or beatch as can there lie.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 63 Opposed by rugged roots and pibble stones .

a1706 J. Evelyn Direct. for Gardiner (1932) 26 Strawberries will grow & beare well even amongst pible stones.

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia ii. 15 The bed of the northern branch is worn into channels by the constant course of the water, and attrition of the pebble stones carried on with that.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 391/2 The pebble stones..firmly fixed in a matrix of concrete, are..found to answer completely.

1890 W. C. Smith Heretic 18 Take thy sling and the pebble stone, And smite this giant of carnal doubt.

1927 Times 17 June 10/3 I came across a large pebble stone, which my workman, who was used to chalk work, was of opinion was a hammer belonging to the Stone Age.

1995 Canad. Forum Apr. 32/1 He pulls into the family driveway. The station wagon crackles on the pebble stones.

2. Usually in form pebblestone. Pebbles collectively, as a material; coarse gravel, conglomerate. Also: any of various decorative or building materials incorporating pebbles or having a surface resembling pebbles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > boulder, pebble, or stone formation > [noun] > pebble formation

pebble stone1567

pebble1570

cascalho1812

pebble-cast1868

shotter1911

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > pebbles as material

pebble stone1567

pebble?1574

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 105 Of Pommy hollowed diuersly and ragged Pebble stone The walles were made.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 14 Silver streames, whose sweet murmur, as they gently tumbled over their beds of pebble stone, did much adorne the pleasant solitarinesse of the place.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 90 Pavement with Pibble-stone, fifteen and eighteen pence the yeard, square.

1826 Times 7 Jan. 4/3 Building Materials, and Pebble-stone Paving.

1870 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 40 418 The pebble-stone at the spot and in the neighbourhood is indicative of gold, being composed of diorite, sienite, and ochreous quartz.

1973 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 273 555 The quartzite phase consists mainly of varicoloured crossbedded orthoquartzite..as little as 140m thick, with interbeds of dark grey ferruginous mudstone, quartz pebblestone and sandy dolomite.

2002 New Jersey Jewish News (Nexis) 31 Oct. 27 Tiles made of pebblestone, tumbledstone, limestone, or slate may be used to adorn a floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pebble stone
释义	pebble stonen. Brit. /ˈpɛbl stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɛb(ə)l ˌstoʊn/ Forms: see pebble n. and stone n. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, stone n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (compare pebble n.) + stone n. See also pimble stone n. 1. = pebble n. 1a. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > pebble chesila700 pebbleOE pebble stoneOE gravel-stonec1450 calionc1459 pimble stone1577 rockstone1625 shilly1675 dornick1840 klip1852 jackstone1885 yonnie1941 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 209 Gað to ðære sæ strande, & feccað me papolstanas. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 49/1 Lapillulos : i. paruos lapides, popelstanas. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) : Prov. (Bodl. 959) xx. 17 Sweete is to a man þe bred of lesyng, & after shal ben fulfild þe mouþ of hym with a litil pibbil-ston [L. calculo]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 353 Whan oþer wepene failleþ, þey [sc. the Irish] haueþ good publestones [?a1475 anon. tr. moche stones; L. lapides pugillares] redy at hond. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 37 (MED) A forgh iij footes deep thy londes thorgh With grauel, or with litel pibbul stonys [L. lapidibus minutisq] Vnto the mydward fild ayeyn this forgh. c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 33 (MED) Tak & hete ij rownde pepble stones & cast þam in thyn herbis & sprenkill a-bown salte & vynagre. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 259 Puble stone, caillov. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 12 Two pybble stones of goulde weighinge an vnce. 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) x. P vj b On tother side, where as the streame of peablestones great store Togither rouled had. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 10 Yet did not this cruell-hearted Curre shedde one teare: he is a stone, a very pibble stone . View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 As many peeble stones or beatch as can there lie. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 63 Opposed by rugged roots and pibble stones . View more context for this quotation a1706 J. Evelyn Direct. for Gardiner (1932) 26 Strawberries will grow & beare well even amongst pible stones. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia ii. 15 The bed of the northern branch is worn into channels by the constant course of the water, and attrition of the pebble stones carried on with that. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 391/2 The pebble stones..firmly fixed in a matrix of concrete, are..found to answer completely. 1890 W. C. Smith Heretic 18 Take thy sling and the pebble stone, And smite this giant of carnal doubt. 1927 Times 17 June 10/3 I came across a large pebble stone, which my workman, who was used to chalk work, was of opinion was a hammer belonging to the Stone Age. 1995 Canad. Forum Apr. 32/1 He pulls into the family driveway. The station wagon crackles on the pebble stones. 2. Usually in form pebblestone. Pebbles collectively, as a material; coarse gravel, conglomerate. Also: any of various decorative or building materials incorporating pebbles or having a surface resembling pebbles. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > boulder, pebble, or stone formation > [noun] > pebble formation pebble stone1567 pebble1570 cascalho1812 pebble-cast1868 shotter1911 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > pebbles as material pebble stone1567 pebble?1574 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 105 Of Pommy hollowed diuersly and ragged Pebble stone The walles were made. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 14 Silver streames, whose sweet murmur, as they gently tumbled over their beds of pebble stone, did much adorne the pleasant solitarinesse of the place. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 90 Pavement with Pibble-stone, fifteen and eighteen pence the yeard, square. 1826 Times 7 Jan. 4/3 Building Materials, and Pebble-stone Paving. 1870 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 40 418 The pebble-stone at the spot and in the neighbourhood is indicative of gold, being composed of diorite, sienite, and ochreous quartz. 1973 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 273 555 The quartzite phase consists mainly of varicoloured crossbedded orthoquartzite..as little as 140m thick, with interbeds of dark grey ferruginous mudstone, quartz pebblestone and sandy dolomite. 2002 New Jersey Jewish News (Nexis) 31 Oct. 27 Tiles made of pebblestone, tumbledstone, limestone, or slate may be used to adorn a floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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