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
The cover-stone of the tomb is Purbeck marble, and on it are the indents of a knight and lady, but not of large size.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
The screens to the gallery before the clerestory lancets have a main arch in each bay, with dog-tooth moulding, divided into three by Purbeck marble shafts placed the width of the window apart.
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)
In their place we have columns of comparative slenderness, each consisting of four almost insulated shafts of Purbeck marble, two smaller and two larger.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The Gothic arches of the nave, large and beautiful, rest upon massive clustered piers of Purbeck marble.
From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.
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