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merestone

me·res·tone

uncommon

noun

1.

an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab

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Origin

From Middle English merestone, merestane, from Old English mǣrstān (“boundary-stone”), equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + stone.

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