cromlech Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
    portal tomb; dolmen.

WordNet

Crom"lech noun
Etymology
W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.
Definitions
  1. (Archol.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

Webster 1913