cobblestone

Meaning

Noun

  • A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
  • The material made from cobblestones.

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Origin

  • From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn, Danish kampesten.

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