Definitions for dripstone

dripstone drip·stone

Spelling: [drip-stohn]
IPA: /ˈdrɪpˌstoʊn/

Dripstone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 888 anagrams from letters in dripstone (deinoprst).

Definitions for dripstone

noun

  1. Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
  2. calcium carbonate occurring in the form of stalactites and stalagmites.

Origin of dripstone

First recorded in 1785-95; drip + stone

Examples for dripstone

The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous.

In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding.

So far of the true cornice: we have still to determine the form of the dripstone.

The dripstone shows a rude kind of foliage, on which are placed at intervals medallions containing animals, &c.

At the east end is a three-light window without any transom, with an obtuse arch under a dripstone.

But you will be as doleful as a dripstone if you marry for money.

They are often included under an arched moulding called a dripstone.

Sometimes two or more lancets are grouped together side by side under a single 'dripstone' or hood.

Those that flank the portal have each a large niche at the bottom, with engaged shafts, and the head and dripstone trefoiled.

On three sides of the tower the dripstone is almost perfect.

Word Value for dripstone
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Words with friends

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