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語源

From 中期英語 cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble +‎ stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/
• ハイフネーション: cob‧ble‧stone

名詞

cobblestone (countable and uncountable, plural cobblestones)

1. (countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

   Synonym: cobble

   • 1964, “The Sound of Silence”, in Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., performed by Simon & Garfunkel:

     In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone

2. (uncountable) Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.

   The road was paved in cobblestone.

派生語

参照

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

• cobblestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia