Nautical Term: Holy stone
Definition of Holy stone
The ‘Holy Stone,” a soft sandstone block, is an essential tool used by sailors to clean and scrub the deck surfaces. This term derived from the fact that seamen would typically be on their knees to effectively use the Holy Stone for deck cleaning tasks.
For instance, in a paragraph describing the daily routine of a ship’s crew, one sentence could be: As part of their morning duties, the crew would scrub the ship’s deck using a Holy Stone each.
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