OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44591

tumulus

/ˈtjuːmjələs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
túmulo
A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
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.
They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.
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