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Definition of cairn:
Synonyms:
cap, crown, Cairn terrier, the brow, crest, brink, brae, escarpment, crag, divide.
Usage examples:
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The path was almost blocked at one point by an immense cairn on the top of a ridge- a holy pile, upon which the devout Moor in passing casts a stone, because from this spot the mountain can be made out on which the venerated shrine of Mulai Abdesalam lies, in Beni Anos, the goal of thousands of pilgrims each year.
- "In the Tail of the Peacock", Isabel Savory. -
Let us make the cairn a good big one, boys.
- "Viking Boys", Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby. -
Only imagine, Lillian, yesterday, when Lady Cairn told me some story about a favorite young friend of hers the tears came to my eyes.
- "Dora Thorne", Charlotte M. Braeme.