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resting-place - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A place for rest; a place to stop at, as on a journey: used figuratively for the grave.
noun In building , a half- or quarter-pace in a staircase.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A place where one rests or may rest.
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Examples
Then she slipped the sheath along the belt to its customary resting-place , just above the hip.
The Son of the Wolf 2010
A secret pasture for prospectors and a resting-place for tired burros, by damn!
All Gold Cañon 2010
A secret pasture for prospectors and a resting-place for tired burros, by damn!
All Gold Canon 2010
The remains were given a permanent resting-place at the African Burial Ground Memorial Site on October 4, 2003.
yay! rydra_wong 2009
So they left that goodly and pleasant city of Leyden, which had been their resting-place for above eleven years, but they knew that they were pilgrims and strangers here below, and looked not much on these things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, where God hath prepared for them a city Heb.
The Desolate Wilderness 2011
Then she slipped the sheath along the belt to its customary resting-place , just above the hip.
The Sun of the Wolf 2010
It seemed impossible, in that intervening space, to find a resting-place .
DUTCH COURAGE 2010
Night was far advanced, when I came to the half-way resting-place , and seated myself beside the fountain.
Chapter 17 2010
Montana decided to claim my rear tire as the perfect resting-place for its sharp personality.
World bicycle adventure: I'm happy bein' ugly! 2010
Let us remove him from his present resting-place to the floor.
"The Moon Woman" by Minna Irving, part 2 Johnny Pez 2010
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