The house had once formed part of a large religious building, and the boy's bedroom had a high groined roof, and on the capstone an angel carved, with outspread wings.
"The Ship of Stars"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
One foot was already above the capstone; and with this and his teeth he was widening the aperture around him.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
When so summoned, the Kurumba must pass the night by the dolmens alone, and I have seen one who had been called from his present dwelling for the morning ceremony, sitting after dark on the capstone of a dolmen, with heels and hams drawn together and chin on knees, looking like some huge ghostly fowl perched on the mysterious stone."
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson