Purbeck

Proper noun

Meaning

Short for Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in Dorset, England.

A former local government district in Dorset, abolished on 1 April 2019 and merged into the Dorset unitary authority.

Examples

Purbeck marble was used for the walls and the floors of Westminster Abbey, even though the various tombstones are made of different types of marble. Source: Internet

It features a convert tall fossil tree trunk from Portland mounted on a block of Purbeck limestone. Source: Internet

The Old Town stands on a hill of Purbeck and Portland stone; this was quarried from Roman times until the 1950s. Source: Internet

England had coarse limestone and red sandstone as well as dark green Purbeck marble which was often used for architectural features. Source: Internet

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