noun
General Slang
sarn
· noun · welsh
A causeway or paved track — Welsh for the kind of road Romans built.
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A causeway, cobbled track or paved way. In Welsh place names it usually flags an old hard-surfaced road, often Roman — Sarn Helen being the famous one running the spine of Wales. Linked to the verb sarnu, 'to trample', because that's what feet did to it.
“The path follows an old sarn across the moor.”
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sarn In A Sentence
The path follows an old sarn across the moor.
Origin & Usage
Welsh, from Proto-Indo-European *ster- ('to spread, strew') — same root as Latin sterno ('to pave').
Variants
sarnau
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