kistvaen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Welsh cistfaen, from cist (“chest”) + maen (“stone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪstvaɪn/

Noun

kistvaen (plural kistvaens)

  1. (archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
    • 1913, Arthur L. Salmon, Dartmoor‎:
      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.
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