stonecast

British  

/ ˈstəʊnˌkɑːst /

noun

1. a less common name for stone's throw

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Example Sentences

They passed beneath where we sat, and, when about a stonecast beyond, they all jumped into a trench or pit, which I had not noticed before, about twenty feet long, by eight wide.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael

The musical lapsing of the water now fell upon my ears distinctly, and I saw a little way off a quaint old fountain, standing half a stonecast clear of the wall.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

These two had now drawn close up and were gazing at me, while the two followers had halted about a stonecast in the rear.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Thus, on the authority of Johnson, one might write, a stone's cast, or stone's throw; but Webster has it, stones-cast, or stones-throw; Maunder, stonecast, stonethrow; Chalmers, stonescast; Worcester, stone's-cast.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

We passed the sharp promontory of Siddick, and, skirting the land within a stonecast, glided along the shore till we came within sight of the ruined Abbey of Sweetheart. 

From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous