flagstonen.
/ˈflaɡstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈflæɡˌstoʊn/ 1. attributive.1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) x. 229 The flagstone quarries of Caithness and Carmylie.
a. A flag or flat stone suitable for paving, etc.; hence often in plural = pavement.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > for flooring > slab of
flag1604
flooring-stone1671
flagstone1730
dalle1855
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road
plainstones1611
flanker1682
side pavement1685
footwalk1701
sideway1738
sidewalk1739
pavement1743
banquette1772
footpath1776
trottoir1789
walkway1792
parapet1795
causeway1796
flag-way1800
flags1801
pave1835
flagstone1840
flagging1851
walk1913
pedway1965
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 359 A Pavement of large Flag-Stones.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 580 Over his [sc. Johnson's] grave was placed a large blue flag-stone, with this inscription.
1840 F. Trollope Widow Married I. xii. 323 Enjoying the sea-breeze on the broad flag-stones of the Marine Parade.
b. Sandstone capable of being split up into flags.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > for flooring
sand-flag1814
flagstone1815
flag-sandstone1843
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > flagstone
sand-flag1814
flagstone1815
flag-sandstone1843
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 220 If..a block of flag-stone were converted into a pillar.
1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 184 Extensive quarries of flagstone.
2. flagstone artist n. = pavement artist n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > pavement artist
shallow screever1839
screever1841
flagstone artist1862
pavement artist1869
1862 A. Halliday in H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) Extra vol. 436/2 They arrested these flag-stone artists with others.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed iv. 54 They believed I was a self-taught flagstone artist.
Derivatives
ˈflagstoned adj. paved with flagstones.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > covered with flagstones
flaggeda1661
flagstoned1885
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [adjective] > floored > in specific manner
planchered1440
well-floored1555
slate-floored1648
flaggeda1661
quarried1842
flagstoned1885
brick-barred1888
brick-floored1898
1885 S. O. Jewett Marsh Island xi From whence one could look across the flagstoned court.
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