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poquelaye

poquelaye noun: a dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.

Noun

poquelaye (plural poquelayes)

  1. A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.
    • This Poquelaye consists of a large stone measuring in length about fifteen feet, in its breadth about ten, and nearly three in depth or thickness, formerly resting transversely upon five supporting masses of a smaller size […].1826, A Brief Description and Historical Notices of the Island of Jersey, page 129
    • “You and I gathered nuts, as children, in the same deep lanes, and played about the same poquelaye […].”1834, Harriet Martineau, The Jerseymen Parting

Forms of poquelaye

pluralpoquelayes

Origin of poquelaye

From (Jersey) Norman poquelaye (now pouquelaye).

Questions about poquelaye

What does poquelaye mean?
Poquelaye means a dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.
What part of speech is poquelaye?
Poquelaye is a noun.
What is the plural of poquelaye?
The plural of poquelaye is poquelayes.

Words near poquelaye in the dictionary

  1. popups
  2. popweed
  3. Popwell
  4. Popwells
  5. Poqomam
  6. poquelaye
  7. poquelayes
  8. Poquette
  9. Poquettes
  10. poquoson
  11. poquosons

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