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Definition of channel stone in US English:
channel stone
noun
1Stone used in paving gutters. Also as a count noun. Now historical and rare.
2Scottish. Chiefly in form channel stane. A large stone taken from the bed of a stream or river, used in (and adapted for) the game of curling. Chiefly historical.
Origin
Late Middle English. From channel + stone.
