Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prehistoric structure consisting of two large stones set upright to support a third on their tops, found especially in Europe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
trilith .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Archæol.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A structure consisting of two
stone pillars supporting a horizontal stone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We stop in a field and build a trilithon out of strawbales — it falls down.
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We stop in a field and build a trilithon out of strawbales — it falls down.
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He walked backwards and forwards in front of the trilithon.
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The Duke dragged him across the open space towards the trilithon.
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Crossing anew the down between the hut and the trilithon, and scanning the precincts as if finally to assure himself that she had not come, he rode slowly downwards in the direction of Shakeforest Towers.
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Wondering what they would do, the young shepherd left the hut, and doubled behind the belt of furze, intending to stand near the trilithon unperceived.
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For it is said by present shepherds in that district that during the nights of Christmas week flitting shapes are seen in the open space around the trilithon, together with the gleam of a weapon, and the shadow of a man dragging a burden into the hollow.
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But the trilithon stood up white as ever; and, crossing the intervening sward, the steward fancifully placed his mouth against the stone.
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It was a Druidical trilithon, consisting of three oblong stones in the form of a doorway, two on end, and one across as a lintel.
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The boy remained in the hut, confronting the trilithon as if he expected yet more actors on the scene, but nobody else appeared.
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cordycerps commented on the word trilithon
The upside of down: catastrophe, creativity, and the renewal of civilization
By Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
A trithon weighing 2 fully loaded 747's
P308 Hajar el Hibla "stone of the pregnant woman" ....weighing 1000 metric ton represents enduring evidence of overreach of civilisation
http://goo.gl/3ta7U
January 13, 2011