stonecast
stonecast noun: a short distance; a stone's throw.
Noun
stonecast (usually uncountable, plural stonecasts)
- A short distance; a stone's throw.
- They passed beneath where we sat, and, when about a stonecast beyond, they all jumped into a trench or pit, which I had not noticed before, about twenty feet long, by eight wide.1835, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle’s Log
- Brown, heavy clouds were drifting across the sky, and it was hard to see more than a stonecast.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 246
Forms of stonecast
| plural | stonecasts |
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Origin of stonecast
From stone + cast.
Questions about stonecast
- What does stonecast mean?
- Stonecast means a short distance; a stone's throw.
- What part of speech is stonecast?
- Stonecast is a noun.
- What is the plural of stonecast?
- The plural of stonecast is stonecasts.
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