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Definition of Merestone
1. Noun. An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab.
Definition of Merestone
1. n. A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
Definition of Merestone
1. Noun. A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merestone
Literary usage of Merestone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Acts & Resolves by Connecticut (1872)
"... so-called, in the town of Windham, and running thence north 45°, west 2 rods
8 links to a merestone ; thence again north 45°, west 126 rods 10 links to ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"... a few miles to the South-West, an old Shire-stone or merestone marks the
meeting place of the boundaries of the four shires of Gloucester, Worcester, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... and. neighing Lifted his eyes; careless grazed he, and proud, Nor looked on
the rider who lay In his blood, dead by the merestone, It is not forever! ..."
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