'Perpent stone' definitions:

Definition of 'Perpent stone'

From: GCIDE
  • Perpent stone \Per"pent stone`\ See Perpender. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'perpent stone'

From: GCIDE
  • Perpender \Per*pend"er\, n. [F. parpaing, pierre parpaigne; of uncertain origin.] (Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone. [1913 Webster]