crowstone en · NOUN
Etymology
From crow + stone?
Meanings
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(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Ganister, a kind of sandstone.
Yoredale Sandstones […] Large quarries in the "crowstone," as the rock is locally calld, may also be seen in Ratcliffe Wood. […] along Hollin Lane, where the crowstone is again largely quarried.
1866, Memoirs, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crowstones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |