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stonebound

stonebound adjective: bounded by stone.

Adjective

stonebound (not comparable)

  1. Bounded by stone.
    • OUR hapless heroine—who in such a few short hours was plunged from the splendour and magnificence of a baronial castle to the depths of a stonebound dungeon and tortures, whose spotless mind knew nought of the cause of men’s unholy passions, whose dreams of love were such as floated round the...1877, Peter Boyle, chapter XIV, in The Red Knights of Germany. […], volume III, London: Charing Cross Publishing Company, […], pages 268–269
    • To the west lay the great basin of the Nile, a stonebound, godless waste, scarce redeemed by wide-spreading acacias and the green-streaked courses of innumerable streamlets that oozed from the sun-baked hills and struggled through the dancing heat of the lowlands to join the Nile.1902, Ewart S[cott] Grogan, “Hunting Rhinoceros on the Upper Nile”, in Caspar Whitney, editor, Outing: An Illustrated Magazine of Sport, Travel, Adventure and Country Life, volume XL, New York, N.Y....

Examples of stonebound in a sentence

  • Austere, foreboding, it rises on a stonebound table over a tributary of the Loire.1983, Darwin Porter, George McDonald, Frommer’s Dollarwise Guide to France, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 194:
  • We crossed a stream you couldn’t see from the road, feet drumming the floorboards of the wooden bridge to send a heartbeat through the mute village of stonebound, narrow lanes.2005, John Reibetanz, “What Just Was”, in Near Relations, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., →ISBN, pages 15–16:

Origin of stonebound

From stone + -bound.

Questions about stonebound

What does stonebound mean?
Stonebound means bounded by stone.
How do you use stonebound in a sentence?
Austere, foreboding, it rises on a stonebound table over a tributary of the Loire.
What part of speech is stonebound?
Stonebound is an adjective.

Words near stonebound in the dictionary

  1. stoneblower
  2. stoneblowers
  3. stoneblowing
  4. stoneboat
  5. stoneboats
  6. stonebound
  7. stonebow
  8. stonebows
  9. Stonebraker
  10. Stonebrakers
  11. stonebrash

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