ravenstone

noun

1. A place of execution; gallows

   historical

   [...] — The raven sits / On the raven-stone, And his black wing flits / O'er the milk-white bone; [...]

2. A gravestone

Where it comes from

From a calque of German Rabenstein, equivalent to raven + stone.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ravenstone (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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