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menhirmore about menhir

menhir


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Menhir  \Men"hir\,  n.  [F.  Armor.  men  stone  +  hir  high.] 
  A  large  stone  set  upright  in  olden  times  as  a  memorial  or 
  monument.  Many  of  unknown  date,  are  found  in  Brittany  and 
  throughout  Northern  Europe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  menhir 
  n  :  a  tall  upright  megalith;  found  primarily  in  N  France  and 
  England 




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