flagstone

[ flag-stohn ]

noun

1. Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
2. flagstones, a walk, terrace, etc., paved with flagstones.
3. rock, as sandstone or shale, suitable for splitting into flagstones.

flagstone

/ ˈflæɡˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a hard fine-textured rock, such as a sandstone or shale, that can be split up into slabs for paving
2. a slab of such a rock

Word History and Origins

Origin of flagstone¹

First recorded in 1720–30; flag ⁴ + stone

Word History and Origins

Origin of flagstone¹

C15 flag (in the sense: sod, turf), from Old Norse flaga slab; compare Old English flæcg plaster, poultice

Example Sentences

They built a redwood garden fence and installed a flagstone court and sidewalks.

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Animated by this fresh hope, the party now worked away, and in a few minutes had lifted the ponderous flagstone.

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He walked up what had once been a concrete path and was now an ornate flagstone path.

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Her eyes were downcast, and one little foot tapped the flagstone nervously.

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A recent rain had washed the streets from curb to curb, and under foot flagstone and asphalt lay clean as steel.

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He took him with him and left him in under a flagstone in the church.

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