footstone
Americannoun
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a stone placed at the foot of a grave.
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Masonry. a kneeler at the foot of a gable.
Etymology
Origin of footstone
Example Sentences
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Mason plans to visit Minnesota next July and claim her uncle’s footstone - she is just not sure what she’ll do with it, she said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2020
A small, white footstone sat unsteadily in the earth, like a loose tooth.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2020
“There was no tombstone or footstone and the plot location was never recorded. Both of my grandparents are buried there, but no markers.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 2, 2019
And the footstone at the grave of Chief Gunner’s Mate Henry Lynde is inscribed “USS Santee.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018
The footstone is similar, having the same letters; but above them you see figures that may be read either sixteen hundred and fifty-eight, or sixteen hundred and seventy-eight—16578.
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Davies, Ebenezer
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