curling stone
English
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editcurling stone (plural curling stones)
- A circular polished granite stone with a handle affixed to the top, used in the game of curling.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
- What was it happened? Neither Malone nor I was in a position to say, for both of us were swept off our feet as by a cyclone and swirled along the grass, revolving round and round like two curling stones upon an ice rink.