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dripstone [drip-stohn] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip. calcium carbonate occurring in the form of stalactites and stalagmites. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of dripstone First recorded in 1785–95; drip + stone Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dripstone Historical Examples of dripstone
On three sides of the tower the dripstone is almost perfect.
Bell’s Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury
H. J. L. J. Mass
But you will be as doleful as a dripstone if you marry for money.
Honore de Balzac
In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding.
Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon
Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
Those that flank the portal have each a large niche at the bottom, with engaged shafts, and the head and dripstone trefoiled.
Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon
Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for dripstone dripstone noun the form of calcium carbonate existing in stalactites or stalagmites Also called: label, hood mould architect a drip made of stone Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
