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Definition of Dripstone
1. Noun. The form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites.
2. Noun. A protective drip that is made of stone.
Definition of Dripstone
1. n. A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.
Definition of Dripstone
1. Noun. (architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure ¹
2. Noun. (geology) stalactites and stalagmites collectively ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dripstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dripstone
Literary usage of Dripstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"Usually the dripstone follows the curve, if any, of the opening. But from the
fourteenth century an ogee dripstone, usually crocketed and terminating in a ..."
2. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1892)
"dripstone, examples of, continued : „ „ Northern and Southern, I. vi. 9. „ „ in
Northern work, IA 18. „ indicative of the country of a building, I. vi. 9. ..."
3. Parish Churches: Being Perspective Views of English Ecclesiastical by Raphael Brandon, Joshua Arthur Brandon (1858)
"The wide single lancet at the east end of the Chancel appears in its original
condition, and has over it externally a curious kind of flat dripstone, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"See dripstone. LABEL (Fr. lambeau, a strip or shred), the ribbon pendent at the
sides of a mitre or coronet. LABEL, LAMBEL, or FILE, in Heraldry, ..."
5. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture: With an Explanation of by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1859)
"... supporting an architrave enriched with the tooth ornament, and over this is
a dripstone or hood- Flore Church, Northamptonshire. moulding. ..."
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