| 单词 | long barrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong barrow long barrow n. Archaeology a Neolithic burial mound of an elongated rectangular or trapezoidal form. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound > of specific shape long barrow1724 round barrow1768 bell-barrow1812 bowl-barrow1812 disc barrow1871 horned cairn1877 ridge barrow1927 1724 W. Stukeley Itinerarium Curiosum ii. 35 A long barrow at Pesford call'd Longmans-hill. 1775 Archaeologia 3 306 The space inclosed contains a barrow of that kind which Dr. Stukeley calls a long barrow. 1846 J. Dudley Naology v. 273 The long barrow may..have owed its form to the intended purpose of uniting the worship of different gods in the same sacred structure, or the interment of friends in the same barrow. 1870 E. T. Stevens Flint Chips 392 (note) Skulls from unchambered long barrows in South Wilts. 1947 J. Hawkes & C. Hawkes Prehist. Brit. ii. 40 The mausoleum most fashionable among the Windmill Hill people was the long barrow. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xvi. 179 The location of long barrows is often responsible for the line of parish boundaries laid down in the eighth century. 2009 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Travel section) 68 Follow the signed footpath..to Belas Knapp—one of the finest of the many long barrows found in the Cotswolds. < as lemmas |
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