Definition of Cromlechs

1. Noun. (plural of cromlech) ¹

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Definition of Cromlechs

1. cromlech [n] - See also: cromlech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cromlechs

crojiks
crokers
crokinole
cromack
cromacks
cromakalim
cromb
crombed
crombing
crombs
crome
cromed
cromes
croming
cromlech
cromlechs (current term)
cromniomancy
cromoglicate
cromoglicic acid
cromoglycate
cromolyn
cromolyn sodium
cromolyns
cromorna
cromornas
cromorne
cromornes
cromulent
crone
cronehood

Literary usage of Cromlechs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson (1872)
"The monuments seem to be all cromlechs or chambers, and, as far as I could ... 1'Lm of Ihe Arrangement of the cromlechs of Group K. The ground beyond the ..."

2. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"This is shown amongst other things by the distribution, about 200O BC, of cromlechs over Sicily, Corsica, Portugal and the north of Spain, Brittany, ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1908)
"D., FELLOW. cromlechs were visited by the Society on 2nd September, 1890, on an excursion ... The cromlechs were not described in the Journal. FIG. No. 1. ..."

4. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1853)
"cromlechs, or erections of large slabs of stones, generally open at one side, and formed of three large slabs for walls, and one for a roof. ..."

5. History of Paganism in Caledonia: With an Examination Into the Influence of by Thomas Wise (1884)
"cromlechs™ in Asia and Europe.—The Cromlech generally consists of a large flat ... cromlechs, in their simple form, are pretty numerous in wild and retired ..."

6. The Primeval Antiquities of Denmark by J[ens] J[aob] A[smussen] Worsaae (1849)
"As the long cromlechs (one of which we here figure as it is seen sideways) exist in great quantities in various districts of the country, their size is ..."

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