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Meaning of lapstone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
    archaic, historical
  2. A locality in the Blue Mountains council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Examples

“he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lapstrake lapsus lapsus auris lapsus calami lapsus digiti lapsus digitorum

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