lapstone

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noun

A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.

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lapstone1

nounlapstone (plural lapstones)

plural lapstones

  1. archaichistoricalA 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 leather

    1939, “The Foreman of the Jury”, in The Casket

Lapstone2

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

Origin

From lap + stone.

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APA

lapstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapstone

MLA

“lapstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lapstone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapstone.

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