Cyclopean architecture

English

Noun

Cyclopean architecture (uncountable)

  1. (architecture) Ancient masonry where walls are fitted together of huge irregular stones; architecture that is ancient and roughly composed.

Alternative forms
  • Cyclopian architecture

References
  • Sturgis, Russel. Cyclopean architecture, in A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical,... MacMillan Co.:1901.
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