grindle-stone

English

Alternative forms

• grindlestone

Etymology

From Middle English gryndelston, alteration of Middle English grindston (“grindstone”).

Noun

grindle-stone (plural grindle-stones)

1. (obsolete) A grindstone.

Related terms

• grindletail

References

• “grindle stone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.