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Definition of tolmen

Tolmen
Tolmen Tol"men, n. See Dolmen.
tolmen
Dolmen Dol"men, n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.] A cromlech. See Cromlech. [Written also tolmen.]

Meaning of tolmen from wikipedia

- 1754 said that the current term in the Cornish language for a cromlech was tolmen ('hole of stone') and the OED says that "There is reason to think that this...
- almost perfectly circular hole. The holed stone thus produced is called the 'Tolmen' stone and it has, like others, been the focus for some stories of magical...
- Teigncombe. On its bank near the confluence with the Walla Brook is the Tolmen Stone that is perforated by a large circular hole. The second source rises...
- Lionel Long, The Twiliters, The Green Hill Singers, Tina Date, and The Tolmen. He anonymously recorded many sound clips for radio and TV commercials....
- there, all run by volunteers. The building is now known as the Tolmen Centre. The Tolmen Centre has hosted three editions of an international guitar festival...
- horses unwilling to p**** through the circle. Some folklore links it to The Tolmen, a stone with a large doughnut-shaped hole in it, overhanging a nearby stream...
- dolmen, Fr. dolmin also dolmen, perhaps incorrect transcription of Cornish tolmen dolomite dolorous dolphin domain dome domestic domicile dominant domination...
- to a "womb-tomb" of the Great Goddess who awaited the return of the sun. Tolmen stones, such as the example on the North Teign river on Dartmoor, England...