Flagstone
['flægstəʊn] or ['flæɡston]
Definition
(n.) A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.
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Examples
- In this space lay a large and heavy flagstone with a rusted iron ring in the centre to which a thick shepherd's-check muffler was attached. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- No more barricades of flagstones--no more assaulting his Majesty's troops with cobbles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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