gravestone
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English graveston, gravestone, gravestan, equivalent to grave + stone.
Noun
[edit]gravestone (plural gravestones)
- A stone slab set at the head of a grave.
- 2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation, →ISBN, page 41:
- The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]
Translations
[edit]stone slab set at the head of a grave — see tombstone
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]gravestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]gravestone
- Alternative form of graveston