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floorstone en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English *flor-ston, from Old English flōrstān, equivalent to floor + stone.

Meanings

1. (countable) A stone making up part of a floor or flooring.
2. (uncountable) Stone pavement, serving as a floor.
   • The other families buried in this church, by the floor-stone inscriptions, are, Seagrave, Hough, Cragg, Hyde, and Hutchinson. 1780, Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle:

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