mort stone

noun

A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.

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Meanings

nounmort stone (plural mort stones)

plural mort stones · alternative mortstone

  1. UKobsoleteA large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.

    Oh me ! the mortstone ! No it is not here!

    1842, Henry Taylor, Edwin the Fair
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mort stone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mort%20stone.

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