DOLMEN


Meaning of DOLMEN in English

/ ˈdɒlmen; NAmE ˈdoʊl-/ noun

a pair or group of vertical stones with a large flat stone on top, built in ancient times to mark a place where sb was buried

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from French , perhaps via Breton from Cornish tolmen hole of a stone.

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