Noun
corner-stone (plural corner-stones)
Alternative spelling of cornerstone
corner stone
Into a world unknown,the corner-stone of a nation. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary. The Act of Habeas Corpus, by which prisoners may insist on being brought to trial within a limited time, is the corner-stone of our liberty. Horace Walpole
The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. Robert Toombs
Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast. Quentin Tarantino
It was very much discussed whether the South would carry out its threat to secede and set up a separate government, the corner-stone of which should be, protection to the 'Divine' institution of slavery. Ulysses S. Grant