DOLMEN


Meaning of DOLMEN in English

— dolmenic /dohl men"ik, dol-/ , adj.

/dohl"men, -meuhn, dol"-/ , n. Archaeol.

a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone. Cf. chamber tomb .

[ 1855-60; tolmen hole of stone (taken by French archeologists to mean CROMLECH) ]

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