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Definition of Flagstone
1. Noun. Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
Definition of Flagstone
1. n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.
Definition of Flagstone
1. Noun. A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing. ¹
2. Noun. One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagstone
Literary usage of Flagstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1897)
"The flagstone Horizon.—The flagstone horizon rests conformably upon the Lincoln
... It is used throughout the Benton area for flagstone, hence the name. ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1902)
"DAND (ALDERSON, B.: Suppose the way granted were across a ploughed KINGSCOTE.
field, would the grantee in such case have a right to lay down a flagstone ? ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"flagstone. Same as Flag. — RS FLAMBOYANT (adj.). A. Having to do with the late
French Gothic window traceries, which are so arranged that the openings ..."
4. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... snail- shells—Broad, flagstone pavements—Fishing-rods and blow-pipes — Ghostly
yarns — Conservative effects of genius—An ideal bust and a living one—The ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"breaking of a flagstone in a landing over which the plaintiff was obliged to pass
in the performance of his service to the defendant. ..."
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