| 单词 | broadstone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroadstone broadstone n. stone that can be easily cut and worked in any direction, such as fine limestone or sandstone; = freestone n. 1; (sometimes also) ashlar (ashlar n. 1).The sense is not certain in early uses, which may simply refer more generally to flat slabs of stone used for building. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > dressed or hewn parpen1252 parpen ashlar1361 ashlar1370 serch1416 ashlar-stonec1540 perpender1611 parpen stone1633 broad stone1703 plane ashlar1823 scantling1824 block-stonea1878 1397 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/269/9) ml de Slatston preciij .vj.s', mlml de vet' brodston precij .vj.s'. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xl. 94 A greate citie, consisting of houses made of Earth, and couered ouer with broade stone or slate. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 56 Broad-stone..the same with Free-stone,..so called, because they are raised broad and thin out of the Quarries. 1830 W. H. Ireland England's Topographer IV. 748 At Bethersden there is much broadstone, commonly called Bethersden marble. 1992 Protection of Archit. Heritage against Nat. Disasters (Council of Europe) 66 Distinguished according to the materials used: broad stone or ashlar, timber framed, earth built, terracotta or some mixture of these. 2004 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Apr. 47 In Westminster Abbey there is a broadstone seat in the East Cloister, known as the Maundy Bench, where early kings performed the act of humility on feet. < as lemmas |
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