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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He also paid a visit to the East Pike Cemetery, where he found Laurie Heikkila already had a footstone, virtually identical to the one in the lake, including an inscription of a cross.
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
Here's a marble headstone beautifully crocketed, with medallions beneath of typical subjects; here's the footstone after the same pattern, and here's the coping to enclose the grave.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
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