cobblestone
Meanings
noun
- A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
- Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.
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Etymology
From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).
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