(Archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.
A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels.
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Examples for "tumulus "
Examples for "tumulus "
1 Not the to-morrow of the tumulus , the hour of the sunshine now.
2 Moreover, the Watchstone is equidistant from the ring and from the tumulus .
3 We made our way to the tumulus of Achilles, some distance away.
4 Then they slew his horse and his wife, and raised the tumulus .
5 Their real world was the place of burial,-thegrave, the tumulus .
1 The first time I visited Newgrange, parking was beside the burial mound .
2 This burial mound is made of masks, a pile of clay masks.
3 He got to his feet using the burial mound for support.
4 Newgrange is a neolithic burial mound , older than the pyramids, located in Ireland.
5 The first cut represents a Danish Tumulus, or burial mound , of this Age.
1 Aye, he knew as soon as we saw this grave mound .
2 So shall I lie some day in a grave mound .
3 Suddenly I see next to me on the grave mound a crouching gray figure.
4 Now both the opening and closing of Sigurd's grave mound seem very strange to me.
5 When it was done, the adults gathered around the grave mound and stood in silence.
The quantity that a barrow will hold.
1 Some days there were ten barrow loads, i.e., ten times six thousand.
2 Kit went to the end of the barrow - like mound of the turnip-pit.
3 Mudford and his barrow departed; and Tara looked appealingly at her mother.
4 Then Arthur happened to notice the wheel of the barrow - its sole wheel.
5 They would walk it and excavate the strange barrow , find their history.
6 On the way I had to pass close to a large barrow .
7 He had not given one of them leave to touch the barrow .
8 His lower lip dropped sadly and he turned slowly to his barrow :
9 If he tries to salute he will upset the barrow , you know.
10 They wheeled in a barrow a mate whose mispoise made self-locomotion impossible.
11 They were very badly suited for handling the mattock, shovel, and hand - barrow .
12 Each man pointed at the barrow bewitched, and all their tongues wagged.
13 The trail ended at the steaming heap of a disturbed burial barrow .
14 Then I ran the barrow back through the deluge to the garage.
15 The barrow at the waterfront was selling crêpes instead of candy floss.
16 They were the sons of a gentleman, after all, not barrow boys.
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