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Definition of Cairned
1. Adjective. Marked by cairns.
Definition of Cairned
1. Adjective. Possessed of a cairn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cairned
1. cairn [adj] - See also: cairn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairned
Literary usage of Cairned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landscapes of Mallorca by Valerie Crespí-Green (2004)
"Look out for a red-painted number on a stone, and climb over the wall here.
Soon the way is well cairned again, and a wide zigzag path leads you straight ..."
2. Ireland by Peter Singer (2004)
"From here several cairned routes lead up the rocky hillside on the right; just
follow the main one. A large metal cross by a small stone enclosure marks the ..."
3. Landscapes of the Costa Blanca: A Countryside Guide by John Oldfield, Christine Oldfield (2002)
"(Ignore all climbers' paths up the mountain, some of them cairned. ... after just
100m/yds (on the first bend), take a cairned path going off left. ..."
4. On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1896)
"... When the cairned mountain was a shadow, sunned The world to peace again ; The
fresh young captains flashed their glittering teeth, The huge bush-bearded ..."
5. Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson (1890)
"... of ardent coal, 460 cairned with a wonder of flame, and blotting the night
with smoke, Blazed and were smelted together the bones of all his folk. ..."
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