Meaning of Cairn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
3. A cairn terrier.

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Examples

“"Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn: / Why speak ye no word!"—said Glenara the stern.”

“After fifteen minutes of this we were glad to reach a high saddle on which former travellers had piled little cairns of commemoration and thankfulness.”

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