Cairn Definition

kârn
cairns
noun
cairns
A conical heap of stones built as a monument or landmark.
Webster's New World
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.
Wiktionary
A cairn terrier.
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Other Word Forms of Cairn

Noun

Singular:
cairn
Plural:
cairns

Origin of Cairn

  • From Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic carn (“heap of stones”); compare Old Irish carn, Welsh carn, probably from a Proto-Celtic word meaning ‘horn’.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English carne from Scottish Gaelic carn from Old Irish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cairn Sentence Examples

  • A cairn was built on the top in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's jubilee.

  • From another point of view it is a monstrous hoard or cairn of rough-hewn antiquarian learning, now often praised, sometimes quoted from, and never read.

  • North-west of this another Asoka pillar has been discovered, recording his visit to the cairn erected by the Sakyas over the remains of Konagamana, one of the previous Buddhas or teachers, whose follower Gotama the Buddha had claimed to be.

  • The summit of Slieve Gullion is crowned by a large cairn, which forms the roof of a singular cavern of artificial construction, probably an early burial-place.

  • Surprisingly, there is no trig pillar, just a simple cairn.

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Words Starting With

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