Purbeck stone

English

Purbeck stone (uncountable)

A type of hard limestone from the Isle of Purbeck, used for building and paving. [from 15th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XV:
  I could perceive several small winding holes, much like Worm-holes, as I have noted in some kind of Purbeck-stone, by looking on the surface of a piece newly flaw'd off […].