单词 | ridge stone |
释义 | > as lemmasridge stone ridge stone n. †(a) a kerbstone for a well (obsolete); (b) a coping stone for the ridge of a house. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > frame round top of > stone for ridge stone1694 kerb-stone1706 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > for roofing > specific pieces of skew1278 ridge stone1788 barge-stones1833 skew-stone1833 1694 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 320 Some ridg stones may be sett round the mouth of the well. 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. I. 138 In this country where freestone..abounds, ridge stones are in common use. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 91 At Pentrich common quarry, ridge stones are prepared, sawed out like an angular trough. 1990 J. Ashurst in J. Ashurst & F. D. Dimes Conservation of Building & Decorative Stone II. i. 30/2 The roof is finished with ridge stones. < as lemmas |
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