Caen stone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Caen stone
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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The chimney pieces are imposing and carved with 3D figures; the one in the library depicts the Principles of Speech in Caen stone.
From The Guardian
The Bath and Caen stone used does not resist the wasting action of the impurities in the air.
From Project Gutenberg
The fireplace was of Caen stone with the family arms of the Hildebrands sculptured in the central panel.
From Project Gutenberg
It rises, tall, florid, built of Caen stone, with a palatial flight of steps, and something of the grace and dignity of the genius of Inigo Jones, to whom it is ascribed, with the shadows of ancestral trees and the stains of two centuries upon it, and a vague character of gloom and melancholy, not improved by some indications not actually of decay, but of something too like neglect.
From Project Gutenberg
The diameter of the room which is faced with Norman or Caen stone, is sixty-seven feet by fifty-nine.
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