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Caen-stone
A lightish-yellow building-stone found near Caen in Normandy; it is at first very soft, but hardens on exposure. Also attrib.
1421in Lett. Q. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 20, I have purveyed xiij. tons tight [weight?] of Cane stone. 1598Stow Surv. 361 Part of the ruines of the old Temple were seene to remaine builded of Cane stone. 1898C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes ix. 102 The material chiefly used in the cathedral was Caen stone. 1906Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 12/1 The beautiful Caen-stone structure. 1924F. M. Ford Some do Not i. iv. 99 They've got just a facing of Caen stone that the tide floated here. |