peach-stone floor, noun phrase
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- AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans perskepitvloer, perske peach + pit pip + vloer floor.
peach-pip floor, see pip sense 2.
1965 K. Thompson Richard’s Way 98Walking with Helen through the empty rooms, he pointed out to her the peach-stone floor of the little storeroom.
1973 M.A. Cook Cape Kitchen 20Occasionally a floor was laid with peach-stones...A peach-stone floor had a life hardly longer than that of thatch, i.e. about thirty years. It was laid by setting rows of peach-stones, very closely, upon clay still slightly moist and soft; after which the stones were forced into the clay to a uniform level by means of a board laid over them and firmly pressed down.
peach-pip floor, see pip sense 2.
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