Poquelaye
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poquelaye is a noun meaning A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.
Meaning
A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.
Example Sentences
“You and I gathered nuts, as children, in the same deep lanes, and played about the same poquelaye […].”
The druids had left their menhirs and poquelayes, the Romans their houghes, although raised fortifications seemed superfluous on the inland sites where they were to be found.
This Poquelaye consists of a large stone measuring in length about fifteen feet, in its breadth about ten, and nearly three in depth or thickness, formerly resting transversely upon five supporting masses of a smaller size […].
Word Forms
- poquelayes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crannog, refuge, paleolagoon.
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