floorstone

floorstone

English

Alternative forms

  • floor-stone, floor stone

Etymology

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

Noun

floorstone (countable and uncountable, plural floorstones)

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