henge

[ henj ]

nounArchaeology.
  1. a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.

Origin of henge

1
1730–40; back formation from Stonehenge, Middle English Stanenges, Stanheng, equivalent to stanstone + -heng, probably originally “something hanging”; cf. hinge

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henge

/ (hɛndʒ) /


noun
  1. a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages

Origin of henge

1
back formation from Stonehenge

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