different between flagstone vs causey
flagstone
English
Etymology
flag +? stone
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flæ?.st??n/
Noun
flagstone (plural flagstones)
- A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
- One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
Translations
See also
- flag
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causey
English
Alternative forms
- cauchie
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calce?ta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie.
Noun
causey (plural causeys)
- (obsolete) An embankment holding in water; a dam. [14th-18th c.]
- (now dialectal) A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
- c. 1460, Merlin, vol. II:
- than com Soriondes with all his peple that was so grete, and sette ouer the cauchie so rudely as horse myght renne.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 177:
- I could see through the open doorway some fishermen in guernseys sitting on the grass listening, and a boat was drawn up on the shingle and others moored to the cauchie.
- c. 1460, Merlin, vol. II:
- (now dialectal) A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, X:
- Satan went down The Causey to Hell Gate.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, X:
Anagrams
- Ayscue, Cayuse, cayuse
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