Meanings
plural wallstones · alternative wall-stone · alternative wall stone
- countableuncountablearchitectureStone used for building, especially in the construction of walls.
The remainder is used for wallstone or is finely ground for use as filter or as a feed supplement.
1979, Raymond R. Burchett, The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) Systems in the United States—Nebraska1 more example
In the upper stories the walls are built hollow, the utilised internal linings of brick, and the outer walling built of coursed rubble wallstones from the old demolished building, […]
1902, Building, volume 82, page 292
Origin
- Old Englishweallstān“stone for building”
- Middle Englishwalle ston
- Englishwallstone
From Middle English walle ston, from Old English weallstān (“stone for building”), equivalent to wall + stone.
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wallstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallstone
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