Meaning of dry-stone | Babel Free
Definitions
Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.
not-comparable, usually
Equivalents
Français
en pierres sèches
Galego
cachotaría
Examples
“dry-stone wall”
“The first part of the book traces the history of dry stone walls from medieval times to the present⟳. The standard form⟳ of most walls probably dates from Tudor times but the great era of wall-building in the uplands took place⟳ comparatively recently, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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