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Grammar : Noun



Définition of cardinal points

  • noun points of the compass
Example sentences :
  • It will be remembered that the building does not face the cardinal points of the compass.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • And these were set with consummate accuracy at the cardinal points.
  • Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
  • From the Anglo-Saxon, y'st. One of the cardinal points of the compass.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • They have no compasses, but the means by which they discover the cardinal points is curious.
  • Extract from : « Hudson Bay » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • We are told they face the cardinal points, and consist of fallen and erect walls.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • The cardinal points are in the same order as in the mensicus, viz.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 » by Various
  • In general the number is four, and then they correspond to the cardinal points.
  • Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
  • The house is a perfect square, turned to the four cardinal points.
  • Extract from : « The Tiger-Slayer » by Gustave Aimard
  • The pyramid is square, and stands to the four cardinal points.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Palestine » by J. D. Paxton
  • They all have their sides accurately adapted to the four cardinal points.
  • Extract from : « The God-Idea of the Ancients » by Eliza Burt Gamble

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