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

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Example Sentences

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kistvaen

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

The grave-cists made of stone of the American mounds are exactly like the stone chests, or kistvaen for the dead, found in the British mounds.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly

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

N.W., is an ancient tomb containing a kistvaen or sepulchral chamber of stone; it is probably British, though tradition makes it the grave of Hubba, a Danish leader.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Traces of old habitation abound; there are many barrows and one perfect kistvaen.

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

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