Rare transitive verb meaning ‘to secure (an arch) with a keystone’.
Definitionen
To secure or complete (an arch) by inserting the keystone. The stonemasons keystoned the arch before the mortar set.
To act as the crucial element that completes or supports something. Her detailed analysis keystoned the team’s proposal.
Usually attributive and not comparable
Definitionen
Central, crucial, or foundational; on which all else depends. Access to clean water is a keystone factor in public health.