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
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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
In the centre of the clearing was a cromlech with a rather short, oval table upheld by two supports of rock, which were almost square.
From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice
Ascending from just above the cromlech stone in Llanberis Pass, the buttress immediately above can be climbed on the right or south-west side.
From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.
It was not a cromlech after all, only a pile of boulders, so they turned back again.
From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela
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