Meaning of Sarn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pavement or stepping stone.
   Wales, archaic
2. A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).
3. A causeway.
   Wales, archaic
4. A hamlet in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1179).
5. A small village in Kerry community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2090).
6. A village in Grisons canton, Switzerland.

Examples

“"Not now," he went on, "but there was a high sarn formerly, and only for that both vehicles and foot passengers would ovten have found it impossible to get into Carmarthen from that direction. The tides and floods there were terrible in those times."”

“The ground in the immediate neighbourhood is somewhat boggy and treacherous, and a 'sarn' has doubtless always been necessary for traversing the bog.”

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