tomb-stone

See also: tombstone and Tombstone

English

Noun

tomb-stone (plural tomb-stones)

1. Archaic form of tombstone.
   • 1759, David Hume, “[Elizabeth I.] Chapter I.”, in The History of England, under the House of Tudor. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 412:

     And that for her part, ſhe deſired that no higher character, or fairer remembrance of her ſhould be tranſmitted to poſterity, than to have this inſcription engraved on her tomb-ſtone, when ſhe ſhould pay the laſt debt to nature; “Here lies Elizabeth, who lived and died a maiden Queen.”

   • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XVII. Corinna in Scotland.] Chap[ter] VIII.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume V, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 62:

     She often thought during her long nights of suffering, that if she were to die in this spot, only Theresa would know her name, and get it inscribed on her tomb-stone.

   • 1842–1845, Robert Browning, “[Dramatic Romances and Lyrics.] The Pied Piper of Hamelin; a Child’s Story.”, in Poems […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1849, →OCLC, stanza V, page 309:

     “It ’s as my great-grandsire, / “Starting up at the Trump of Doom’s tone, / “Had walked this way from his painted tomb-stone!”

   • 1843, F[rancis] E[dward] P[aget], A Tract upon Tomb-Stones; or, Suggestions for the Consideration of Persons Intending to Set Up That Kind of Monument to the Memory of Deceased Friends, Rugeley: John Thomas Walters; London: James Burns; Oxford: J. H. Parker, page 7:

     And therefore, how deep soever our love may be to them, however highly we have thought of them, we shall take care not to put anything which savours of boasting, or exaggeration on their tomb-stones.