kistvaen

American  

[kist-vahyn] / ˈkɪstˌvaɪn /

noun

1. cist.

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Etymology

Origin of kistvaen

1705–15; < Welsh cist faen stone coffin, equivalent to cist coffin ( see cist ²) + faen, lenited form of maen stone; see menhir

Example Sentences

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kistvaen

This was done about half a century since, but the kistvaen that was found only contained some prehistoric ashes, of far earlier date than Geraint; the gold boat and silver oars were not visible.

From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

In the Lundy kistvaen no skeleton was found, nor anything, indeed, save a small fragment of pottery, though "there was a rank odour in the cavity, very different from that of newly turned earth."

From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by John Presland

The great antiquarian treasures garnered up in our sepulchral barrows and olden kistvaen cemeteries, are only to be recovered to antiquarian science by digging, and by digging, too, of the most careful and methodised kind.

From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart

And in their sleep, Lludd folded the covering around them, and in the securest place he had in Snowdon, he hid them in a kistvaen.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by William Patten

Drizzlecombe, near Sheep's Tor, is rich in a variety of antiquities, for it has three stone rows, a large tumulus, a kistvaen, and a later relic—a miner's blowing-house.

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote