Purbeck marble
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Purbeck marble
C15: named after Purbeck, Dorset, where it is quarried
Example Sentences
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Yet as I stand in the circular nave, surrounded by a ring of dark Purbeck marble columns, I feel as though I’m being watched.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016
As the plaster and whitewash were removed it was found that the columns were of the most beautiful Purbeck marble.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
They are of two varieties: one of a yellowish-grey; the other, greatly resembling Purbeck marble, fossiliferous and of a light bluish tint.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
It is a high-tomb with Purbeck marble cover-stone, but exhibiting no brass indent, or 110 inscription.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
The sarcophagus lately found in that position is of Purbeck marble; so also is the first figure on the south side of the Round, whilst nearly all the others are of common stone.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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