dolmenn.

/ˈdɒlmɛn/

Etymology: < modern French dolmen (dolmin Latour d'Auvergne, 1796, dolmine Le Grand d'Aussy 1798, dolmen, Mémoires de l'Académie Celtique 1807). Given by Legonidec 1821 as Breton = ‘monument in form of an altar or table’; and usually explained as < Breton tôl = taol, Latin tabula, table + mean, men stone. But the Breton compound of these words would be taolvean or tôlven, and the d and m of dolmen are not thus satisfactorily accounted for. Borlase, Antiq. Cornwall (1754) called these structures cromlêh, but gave tolmên, lit. ‘hole of stone’, as the current Cornish name for those enormous blocks found in Cornwall and Scilly naturally poised upon two supporting points, so as to leave a ‘hole’ or aperture beneath, through which a man or beast may pass. There is reason to think that this is the word inexactly reproduced by Latour d'Auvergne as dolmin, and misapplied by him and succeeding French archæologists to the cromlech.

The French name, used by some English authors, for a cromlech n. a prehistoric structure, consisting of a large flattish stone supported upon two or more smaller upright stones.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > dolmen or cromlech

cromlech1603

table stone1744

quoit1754

tolmen1754

dolmen1859

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 108 The dolmen appeared to me to consist of a chamber formed by gigantic unhewn granite blocks placed upon smaller ones.

1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) v. 104 All over Europe..we find relics of pre-historic times..dolmens or stone chambers.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 55 Megalithic structures, menhirs, cromlechs, dolmens.

1880 R. Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 150 He crawled right under the table-stone of the dolmen.

Derivatives

dolˈmenic adj. of or belonging to dolmens, or to the race who constructed them.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > Neolithic > specific

dolmenic1882

Peterborough1910

Campignian1921

battle-axe1925

corded ware1928

Windmill Hill1930

Tasian1931

Tahunian1936

Halafian1937

Lung-shan1938

Rinyo–Clacton1954

aceramic1961

Lungshanoid1963

cardial1975

1882 tr. N. Joly Man before Metals i. vi. 158 The ethnological character..of the supposed dolmenic people.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	dolmen
释义	dolmenn. /ˈdɒlmɛn/ Etymology: < modern French dolmen (dolmin Latour d'Auvergne, 1796, dolmine Le Grand d'Aussy 1798, dolmen, Mémoires de l'Académie Celtique 1807). Given by Legonidec 1821 as Breton = ‘monument in form of an altar or table’; and usually explained as < Breton tôl = taol, Latin tabula, table + mean, men stone. But the Breton compound of these words would be taolvean or tôlven, and the d and m of dolmen are not thus satisfactorily accounted for. Borlase, Antiq. Cornwall (1754) called these structures cromlêh, but gave tolmên, lit. ‘hole of stone’, as the current Cornish name for those enormous blocks found in Cornwall and Scilly naturally poised upon two supporting points, so as to leave a ‘hole’ or aperture beneath, through which a man or beast may pass. There is reason to think that this is the word inexactly reproduced by Latour d'Auvergne as dolmin, and misapplied by him and succeeding French archæologists to the cromlech. The French name, used by some English authors, for a cromlech n. a prehistoric structure, consisting of a large flattish stone supported upon two or more smaller upright stones. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > dolmen or cromlech cromlech1603 table stone1744 quoit1754 tolmen1754 dolmen1859 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 108 The dolmen appeared to me to consist of a chamber formed by gigantic unhewn granite blocks placed upon smaller ones. 1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) v. 104 All over Europe..we find relics of pre-historic times..dolmens or stone chambers. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 55 Megalithic structures, menhirs, cromlechs, dolmens. 1880 R. Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 150 He crawled right under the table-stone of the dolmen. Derivatives dolˈmenic adj. of or belonging to dolmens, or to the race who constructed them.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > Neolithic > specific dolmenic1882 Peterborough1910 Campignian1921 battle-axe1925 corded ware1928 Windmill Hill1930 Tasian1931 Tahunian1936 Halafian1937 Lung-shan1938 Rinyo–Clacton1954 aceramic1961 Lungshanoid1963 cardial1975 1882 tr. N. Joly Man before Metals i. vi. 158 The ethnological character..of the supposed dolmenic people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1859
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