cromlechs

[krom-lek]

crom·lech

[krom-lek]
noun Archaeology.
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb.


Origin:
1595–1605; < Welsh, equivalent to crom bent, curved, crooked (feminine of crwm) + lech, combining form of llech flat stone
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