Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-stone
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.

Archaic

name

A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

"he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather"

Etymology

From lap + stone.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

lapstones (plural)

Questions

What does lapstone mean?: A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
Where does lapstone come from?: From lap + stone.

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