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单词 footstone
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footstone

[ foot-stohn ]
/ ˈfʊtˌstoʊn /
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noun

a stone placed at the foot of a grave.
Masonry. a kneeler at the foot of a gable.

Origin of footstone

1875–80; foot + stone. Cf. headstone

Words nearby footstone

footstalk, footstall, footstep, footsteps editor, footstock, footstone, footstool, foot the bill, foot-ton, foot traffic, foot valve
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Example sentences from the Web for footstone

  • I held out for some time for the addition of a footstone at least.

    Wessex Tales|Thomas Hardy
  • This same cipher is repeated on the footstone, and is evidently intentional.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847|Various
  • Grave e.—Simply a headstone and footstone, with the skeleton of a very small child between them; head east.

    Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States|Cyrus Thomas
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