"large, conical heap of stone," especially of the type common in Scotland and Wales and also found elsewhere in Britain, 1530s, from Scottish carne, akin to Gaelic carn "heap of stones, rocky hill" and Gaulish karnon "horn," perhaps from PIE ker-n- "highest part of the body, horn," thus "tip, peak".
ستون یا تودهای از سنگ که در زمانهای قدیم بهعنوان یادبود و یادگار بر روی زمین قرار میدادند؛ و اکنون بهعنوان نشانهی مرز اراضی به کار میرود؛ واژهی میله برای این معنی مصطلح است