Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mort stone

Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.]

  1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.

  2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.

    The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.

    Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings.
    --Carlyle.

    Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.]
    --H. Taylor.

Wiktionary
mort stone

n. (context UK obsolete English) A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin.