cromlech
Americannoun
noun
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a circle of prehistoric standing stones
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(no longer in technical usage) a megalithic chamber tomb or dolmen
Etymology
Origin of cromlech
1595–1605; < Welsh, equivalent to crom bent, curved, crooked (feminine of crwm ) + lech, combining form of llech flat stone
Vocabulary lists containing cromlech
Example Sentences
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The cromlech built in Langemark, Belgium is marking the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2014
The charcoal sample that was thus dated came from an excavated pit at Stonehenge, the great "megalithic cromlech" on England's Salisbury Plain that has mystified scientists since Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here he fought with Leinster— Last of all his frays— On the Hill of Cucorb's Fate High his cromlech raise.
From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
Sometimes the treasure is in the ground, under a cromlech or a carn; he digs, and the thunder shakes the air, the lightnings flash, torrents descend, and he is frustrated in his search.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
In Brittany, malignant dwarfs and night-elves still haunt the deserted cromlech, and have power at certain times, to wreak their malice on the belated traveller.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
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