Definition of "gravestone" []

• A stone placed over a grave as a marker; a tombstone. (noun)

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• "In the north especially the grave is very often surmounted by a huge marble tortoise bearing the inscribed tablet, or what we call the gravestone, on its back."
• "[1] The gravestone is briefly described in Letter 413."
• "While digitization of a gravestone is certainly “lossy,” in that the stones are three dimensional, have color, and are different in differing conditions of light, their depiction here is clearly a form of preservation, at least of information, as originals are lost."