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English
Etymology
dry + stone
Noun
drystone (plural drystones)
- (geology) A stalactite or stalagmite.
Adjective
drystone (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of dry-stone
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440:They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 597:He had forgotten that on this side there was a drystone wall sheep pen.
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