Cairn
WordNet
noun
(1) Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
(2) A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from ; compare Old Irish , Welsh , probably from a word meaning ‘horn’.
Noun
- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. -Campbell.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- A cairn terrier.