stumbling-stone

A form of stumbling stone — A stumbling block.

Meanings

nounstumbling-stone (plural stumbling-stones)

plural stumbling-stones

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of stumbling stone.

    This stumbling-stone we hope to take away for the future.

    1684, Thomas Burnet, chapter 3, in Sacred Theory of the Earth
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