lapstone

English

Etymology

From lap +‎ stone.

Noun

lapstone (plural lapstones)

  1. (archaic or historical) A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
    • 1939, “The Foreman of the Jury”, in The Casket:
      he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather

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