mort stone

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Noun

mort stone (plural mort stones)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.
    • 1842, Henry Taylor, Edwin the Fair:
      Oh me ! the mortstone ! No it is not here!

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