gravestone
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English graveston, gravestone, gravestan, equivalent to grave + stone.
Noun[edit]
gravestone (plural gravestones)
- A stone slab set at the head of a grave.
- 2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation, →ISBN, page 41:
- The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]
Translations[edit]
stone slab set at the head of a grave — see tombstone
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
gravestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
gravestone
- Alternative form of graveston