rubbing post (rub ing post)

A post of wood or stone set up for cattle to rub themselves against. These Kistvaens are numerous, but they have been generally deprived of their long covering stones, which have been converted to rubbing - posts (as they are termed in the west of England) for the cattle. Archæologia , ΧΧΙΙ. 434. rubbing-stone (rub'ing-stōn), n . In building , a gritstone for polishing or erasing the tool marks on a stone, or on which bricks for gaged work, after they have been rough-shaped by the ax, are rubbed smooth.