mort stone

English

Alternative forms

• mortstone

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!

References

• “mort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.