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Definition of Brownstone
1. Noun. A reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings.
2. Noun. A row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color.
Definition of Brownstone
1. n. A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.
Definition of Brownstone
1. Noun. A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material. ¹
2. Noun. A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City. A Manhattan '''brownstone''' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brownstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brownstone
Literary usage of Brownstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Building and Ornamental Stones of Wisconsin by Ernest Robertson Buckley (1898)
"The brownstone quarries of this area are as follows: The Duluth brownstone Co.
... THE DULUTH brownstone CO. The Quarry operated by the Duluth brownstone ..."
2. Biennial Report of the State Geologist (1893)
"The machinery consisted of a drill, derrick and pump—all operated by steam.
THE CO-OPERATIVE brownstone COMPANY'S QUARRY is about a mile south of Sanford, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"Mr. Lyman read a paper on the " Age of the Newark brownstone." Pending nominations
N03. 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, and new nomination No. ..."
4. Renaissance and Modern Art by William Henry Goodyear (1908)
"brownstone Front." New York. * For the pediment, see " Roman and Medieval Art,"
Figs. 19 and 21. For illustrations of "engaged" columns and entablatures, ..."
5. Building Stones and Clay-products: A Handbook for Architects by Heinrich Ries (1912)
"This is true of the Connecticut brownstone, so much worked in former years, and
of the Berea sandstone of Ohio, which is extensively used now in the eastern ..."
6. Town Geology: The Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks : Studies of Nature Along by Angelo Heilprin (1885)
"brownstone FRONTS AND JERSEY MUD. That rock masses undergo rapid disintegration
through atmospheric agencies everyone will discover to his discomfort who ..."
7. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1904)
"The Portland brownstone is prevailingly of a coarse, irregular, ... Portland
brownstone : Prism 24 x 3.97 x 5.97 inches; compressed endwise; crushing load ..."
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