Definitions
small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
Word origin
From Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic càrn, from Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).
Used in a sentence
“"Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn: / Why speak ye no word!"—said Glenara the stern.”
“After fifteen minutes of this we were glad to reach a high saddle on which former travellers had piled little cairns of commemoration and thankfulness.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“stone trail marker”5 letters
02“Trailside stone pile”5 letters
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