Kistvaen
//ˈkɪstvaɪn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
"It was man of the New Stone Age who first peopled this upland, leaving remains of his hut-dwellings, his pounds, dolmens, and menhirs, his kistvaens and his cooking-holes."
Example
More examples"It was man of the New Stone Age who first peopled this upland, leaving remains of his hut-dwellings, his pounds, dolmens, and menhirs, his kistvaens and his cooking-holes."
Etymology
From Welsh cistfaen, from cist (“chest”) + maen (“stone”).
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