Meaning of stonecast | Babel Free

Definitions

A short distance; a stone's throw.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“They passed beneath where we sat, and, when about a stonecast beyond, they all jumped into a trench or pit, which I had not noticed before, about twenty feet long, by eight wide.”

“Brown, heavy clouds were drifting across the sky, and it was hard to see more than a stonecast.”

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