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ˈtable-stone
†1. Arch. A flat stone, a stone tablet; also, a horizontal stone. Obs.
c1467–9Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 641 Pro..nova operacione et posicione tabilstonys [in the walls of a church]. 1554Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 281 Findand sufficient hewyn stanes to the haill wark with the tabill stane of the gavillis and makand the said tolbuith vattirthicht.
2. Archæol.
a. A flat stone supported by two or more upright stones; a cromlech or dolmen; also, the horizontal stone forming the top of this.
1840T. A. Trollope Summ. Brittany II. 88 These dolmens, or table-stones, consist..of one large flat mass, supported by several upright stones. 1880Jefferies Gr. Ferne F. 150 He crawled right under the table-stone of the dolmen.
b. A small flat round stone supposed to have been used in a game resembling draughts.
1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. vi. 335 Table⁓stones, or draughtsmen, are found alongside the weapons and other relics buried with the warrior. |