trilithon

/trahy-lith-on, trahy-luh-thon/US // traɪˈlɪθ ɒn, ˈtraɪ ləˈθɒn //UK // (traɪˈlɪθɒn, ˈtraɪlɪˌθɒn) //

三棱柱,三石,三角石,三角形

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a prehistoric structure consisting of two upright stones supporting a horizontal stone.

Before them a standing horseshoe of foreign stones, and in the front of the great Trilithon a flat slab or altar stone.
The building of the group was continuous and no gap separates the Trilithon from the foreign upright.
There is a rude circle of menhirs at the site, with a trilithon or dolmen on one side.
He took the boy across to the trilithon, and made him kneel down.
He then went a second time to the hollow behind the trilithon, remaining there nearly a quarter of an hour.