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lapstone

lapstone noun: a stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.

lapstone: a stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather
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Noun

lapstone (plural lapstones)

  1. (archaic, historical) A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
    • he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather1939, “The Foreman of the Jury”, in The Casket

Proper noun capitalized: Lapstone

Lapstone

  1. A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of lapstone

plurallapstones

Origin of lapstone

From lap + stone.

Questions about lapstone

What does lapstone mean?
Lapstone means a stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
What part of speech is lapstone?
Lapstone can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lapstone?
The plural of lapstone is lapstones.

Words near lapstone in the dictionary

  1. lapsingly
  2. lapsings
  3. lapskaus
  4. Lapsley
  5. Lapsleys
  6. lapstone
  7. lapstones
  8. lapstrake
  9. lapstraked
  10. lapstrakes
  11. lapstreak

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