MERESTONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does merestone mean? • MERESTONE (noun)
The noun MERESTONE has 1 sense:
1. an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
Familiarity information: MERESTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MERESTONE (noun)
Meaning:
An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
mearstone; meerestone; merestone
Hypernyms ("merestone" is a kind of...):
landmark (a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land)
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