cairn
noun
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
carn
-
a variation of
cairn.
Example Sentences
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The name derives from two words: the carn, which was the first bubble-head shepherd's crook, and noustie, a soup consisting of sheep's blood and minced gutta perchas.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 11, 2013
Turn that there new horse out o' the stall and put Blackbird back, and give en a feed o' carn, and shake down a bit o' fresh straw.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
Broad: has no sound like it in English; nuadh new, naisg bind, lann a blade, carn a heap of stones.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Quiet and love I sing— The carn on the mountain crest, The cailin in her lover’s arms, The child at its mother’s breast.
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
The Princess, I have named her Galva, after a carn in the vicinity of her house, is at present living with her nurse at Tremoor, a few miles from Penzance.
From The Princess Galva A Romance by David Whitelaw
