Etymograph

English

stoneblower

From stone + blower.

A compound of stone + blower

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Old English blāwere

Middle English blowere ‘one tasked with blows a bellows’

English blower

Today it means

noun A machine that automatically lifts and packs the sleepers of a railway with small-grade ballast, which is blown under the sleepers to level the track.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / stoneblower