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名詞

backstone (plural backstones)

1. Alternative form of bakestone

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名詞

backstone (plural backstones)

1. A stone at the rear of something.
   • 2000, Aubrey Burl, The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany (page 225)

     […] the backstones of the burial-chambers were a deep red.

   • 2008, Tatjana Kytmannow, Portal Tombs in the Landscape (page 39)

     Backstones in an intact tomb normally function to support the capstone and to define the rear end of the chamber.