Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cairn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cairn \Cairn\, n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W.
carn.]
1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early
inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a
sepulchral monument.
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.
--Campbell.
2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest
attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an
exploring party, etc. --C. Kingsley. Kane.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cairn
n 1: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a
boundary or path
2: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn: {cairn
terrier}]
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