tumulus
noun/ˈtjuːmjələs/UK/ˈtuːmjələs/US
Etymology
From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“to swell”). Doublet of tombolo.
Definitions
A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb
A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
- They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.
- Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.
- The delicate white body will be covered to-day, The tumulus be reared, the green sod give way: And there, oh Cynvarch, thy son they will lay.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA