plain-stane

plain·stones

[pleyn-stohnz]
plural noun Scot.
2.
( used with a singular verb ) a flagstone walk or passageway.
Also, plain·stanes [pleyn-steynz] .


Origin:
1765–75; plain1 + stone + -s3

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