Definizione monolingua

menhir

menhir (plural menhirs)

1. A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     no time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods [...].

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

Definizione dizionario menhir

menhir

Altri significati:

standing stone as a monument

A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.