stanners

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and dry.

Word forms

stanners stanner staners stanirs

Etymology

From Middle English *stanere, from Old English stǣner (“stony ground”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu (“stones, pebbles”).

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