SARSEN


Meaning of SARSEN in English

/sahr"seuhn/ , n.

any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds. Also called Druid stone, graywether .

[ 1635-45; syncopated var. of SARACEN, short for Saracen boulder Druid stone ]

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