merestone
['miəstəun]
- n. 界石；界碑
英英释义
- 1. an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
中文词源
merestone 界碑，界石
mere-,墙，词源同mural,intramural,stone,石头。即当做墙的石头，引申词义界碑，界石。
英文词源
- merestone (n.)
- "stone serving as a landmark," Old English mærstan "boundary stone," from mære "boundary, object indicating a boundary," from Proto-Germanic *mairjo- (cognates: Middle Dutch mere "boundary mark, stake," Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land"), related to Latin murus "wall" (see mural). Hence also meresman "man appointed to find boundaries" (of a parish, etc.).