noun
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the form of calcium carbonate existing in stalactites or stalagmites
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Also called: label. hood mould. architect a drip made of stone
Etymology
Origin of dripstone
Example Sentences
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Active dripstone formation in a side area of the “Kleine Teufelshöhle”.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024
The researchers from Heidelberg and Karlsruhe studied a stalagmite -- a dripstone that grows upward from the floor of a cave -- from the "Kleine Teufelshöhle" in Franconian Switzerland.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
It is of the Early English period and has a dripstone ending in a bishop’s and a female head.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
The five graduated windows of the upper range have double shafts on each side, and the connected dripstone over the lower range ends in carved heads.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
These objects gained, the architects did not, apparently, enquire what the lesser minds, who carved the boss or dripstone, considered appropriate ornament.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
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