Meanings
nounAubrey hole (plural Aubrey holes)
plural Aubrey holes
- archaeologyAny of a ring of early chalk pits at Stonehenge, of unknown purpose.
Origin
Named after the seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey, who observed them in 1666.
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Aubrey hole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aubrey%20hole
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