boundarystone
nounUK /ˈbaʊndəri stəʊn/
US /ˈbaʊndəri stoʊn/
A boundarystone is a big rock that shows where one piece of land ends and another begins.
The farmer placed a boundarystone at the corner of his field so everyone would know where his land stopped.
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2. A stone set in the ground to mark an official border between towns or countries.
The old boundarystone still stands between the two villages.
3. A symbolic stone that represents an important limit or dividing point.
The treaty was a boundarystone between war and peace.
4. A stone used in surveying to fix the exact position of a property corner.
The surveyor checked the boundarystone to confirm the lot size.