The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caen stone \Ca"en stone"\, A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
Wiktionary
n. A cream-coloured limestone used in building, found near Caen, France.
Wikipedia
Caen stone or Pierre de Caen, is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago. The stone is homogeneous, and therefore suitable for carving.
Usage examples of "caen stone".
The two storeys of the main wing were built of grey Caen stone that had been quarried and dressed fifty years before the Conqueror had sailed for England.
London's ancient Temple Church was constructed entirely of Caen stone.
The lobby, with its thick pillars of porous Caen stone, its pointed vaulting, and a brown glazed-tile floor like well-baked bread-crust, is a combination of cathedral-crypt and rathskellar.