ˈcurling-stone
[curling vbl. n.1 2.]
The stone with which the game of curling is played.
It was in the 17th c. a quoit-like natural stone (channel-stone) of from 5 to 20 lbs., with hollows made for the thumb and fingers; in the 18th c. a heavy natural boulder of 50 to 120 lbs., with smooth base having an iron or wooden handle inserted; it is now a cheese-shaped stone of not more than 36 inches in circumference, or 50 pounds weight, with an iron handle on the upper surface.
| 1620 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie (1638) Inventorie p. x, His hats, his hoods, his bels, his bones, His allay bowles, and curling stones. 1891 Barrie Lit. Minister I. xi. 188, I could hear the roar of curling stones at Bathie-bog. |