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fieldstone

fieldstone

2 7.7
A stone that is found in fields and used for building or gardens without being cut
  • noun
  • /ˈfiːldstoʊn/
: piedra de campo
  • The drive circled in front of an imposing fieldstone house.
  • fieldstone fireplace
  • fieldstone house
  • fieldstone wall

Examples

  • The old, central part of the house was fieldstone and stucco; later sections were made of wood.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Tom Hoffman poured Rapp a cup of coffee and brought it to him by the roaring fieldstone fireplace.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Looking to the right, he saw the gray fieldstone side of his house and the window of his study.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • From the road, my house is fieldstone and wood painted white.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I looked around for the first time at the fieldstone house, at the several chimneys, each a different shape.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Yet the most imposing structure was a fieldstone cube that sparkled in the sunlight.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Fieldstone paths wove between hedges, and benches were placed here and there.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Our house was a rambling old farmhouse of seven bedrooms, verandas, porches, odd little turrets, towers, and three tall fieldstone chimneys.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Jolie went to the fireplace, which was fronted with white and gray fieldstones, and squinted at the daguerreotype displayed prominently on the pinewood mantel.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The garden was beautifully arranged with a fieldstone pathway leading to the entrance.

Surface Forms

fieldstone singular
fieldstones plural

Etymology

Fieldstone comes from the two simple words field ('an area of land') and stone ('a rock'). Farmers picked these rocks from their fields to build walls and houses, so a fieldstone is a stone found in a field and used in building without being cut or shaped.