gravestone
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English graveston, gravestone, gravestan, equivalent to grave + stone.
Noun edit
gravestone (plural gravestones)
- A stone slab set at the head of a grave.
- 2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation, →ISBN, page 41:
- The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]
Translations edit
stone slab set at the head of a grave — see tombstone
See also edit
Further reading edit
gravestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gravestone
- Alternative form of graveston