stanners

English

Alternative forms

• stanner (Scotland)
• staners, stanirs

Etymology

From Middle English *stanere, from Old English stǣner (“stony ground”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu (“stones, pebbles”).

Noun

stanners pl (plural only)

1. (dialectal) The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and dry.

   Synonym: shingle

Derived terms

• stannery