| 单词 | bell-barrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbell-barrow bell-barrow n. [barrow n.1 3] 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 1743 W. Stukeley Abury ix. 41 Barrows with ditches round them. These are..generally of an elegantly turn'd bell-form.] 1812 R. C. Hoare Anc. Hist. S. Wilts. 21 Bell Barrow. This, from the elegance of its form, seems to have been a refinement on the Bowl Barrow: they abound in the neighbourhood of Stonehenge. 1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller Wessex from Air iv. 13 Some Bell-barrows certainly belong to the very beginning of the period... The name is, of course, derived from the form. The mound is high, and is usually separated from the surrounding ditch by a narrow shelf or berm of natural soil. < as lemmas |
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