† tolmenn.

Etymology: Given by Borlase, 1754, as a common name in Cornwall, and explained by him as ‘hole of stone’, < tol hole + mên stone; but apparently the same word as Breton taol mean or tôl mên ‘table-stone’, adopted by French archæologists (from the mutated an dôl mên ) as dolmen n.Borlase apparently interpreted the first element as Cornish toll, toul, tewl, = Welsh twll, ‘hole’, and was thus misled as to the meaning. (The three examples mentioned by him are apparently all natural formations.) Some later writers have identified the second element as English man, and made it singular tolman, plural tolmen. The word is now disused.

Obsolete.

See quots., and cf. dolmen n., cromlech n.

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1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 166 There is another kind of Stone-deity, which has never been taken notice of by any Author that I have heard of. It's common name in Cornwall and Scilly, is Tolmên; that is, the Hole of Stone. It consists of a large Orbicular Stone, supported by two Stones, betwixt which, there is a passage.

1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 167 The two Tolmêns at Scilly are Monuments..of the same kind with this.

1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 167 These Tolmens rest on supporters, and do not touch the Earth... Underneath these vast stones, there is a hole, or passage, between the Rocks. [Note. From this Hole they have the Name of Tolmen.]

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids Pref. 45 In Westphalia and East Friesland are some very curious examples of Tolmen.

1845 Knight Old Eng. i. i. 18/2 Such are the remains which have been called Tolmen; a Tolman being explained to be an immense mass of rock placed aloft on two subjacent rocks which admit of a free passage between them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tolmen
释义	† tolmenn. Etymology: Given by Borlase, 1754, as a common name in Cornwall, and explained by him as ‘hole of stone’, < tol hole + mên stone; but apparently the same word as Breton taol mean or tôl mên ‘table-stone’, adopted by French archæologists (from the mutated an dôl mên ) as dolmen n.Borlase apparently interpreted the first element as Cornish toll, toul, tewl, = Welsh twll, ‘hole’, and was thus misled as to the meaning. (The three examples mentioned by him are apparently all natural formations.) Some later writers have identified the second element as English man, and made it singular tolman, plural tolmen. The word is now disused. Obsolete. See quots., and cf. dolmen n., cromlech n. ΘΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > dolmen or cromlech cromlech1603 table stone1744 quoit1754 tolmen1754 dolmen1859 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 166 There is another kind of Stone-deity, which has never been taken notice of by any Author that I have heard of. It's common name in Cornwall and Scilly, is Tolmên; that is, the Hole of Stone. It consists of a large Orbicular Stone, supported by two Stones, betwixt which, there is a passage. 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 167 The two Tolmêns at Scilly are Monuments..of the same kind with this. 1754 W. Borlase Observ. Antiq. Cornwall iii. iii. 167 These Tolmens rest on supporters, and do not touch the Earth... Underneath these vast stones, there is a hole, or passage, between the Rocks. [Note. From this Hole they have the Name of Tolmen.] 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids Pref. 45 In Westphalia and East Friesland are some very curious examples of Tolmen. 1845 Knight Old Eng. i. i. 18/2 Such are the remains which have been called Tolmen; a Tolman being explained to be an immense mass of rock placed aloft on two subjacent rocks which admit of a free passage between them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1754
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