lapstone

English

Satirical depiction of Napoleon Bonaparte being used as Johnny Bull's lapstone

Etymology

lap +‎ stone

Noun

lapstone (plural lapstones)

(archaic or historical) A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
- 1939, “The Foreman of the Jury”, in The Casket:
  he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather

References

“lapstone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Planetos, pleonast, polentas

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