curling stone

curling stone (plural curling stones)

1. A circular polished granite stone with a handle affixed to the top, used in the game of curling.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:

     What was it happened? Neither Malone nor I was in a position to say, for both of us were swept off our feet as by a cyclone and swirled along the grass, revolving round and round like two curling stones upon an ice rink.

• reconsulting