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kistvaens

kistvaens is the plural of kistvaen.

Meaning of kistvaen

Noun

kistvaen (plural kistvaens)

  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.1913, Arthur L. Salmon, Dartmoor

Questions about kistvaens

What is kistvaens the plural of?
Kistvaens is the plural of kistvaen.

Words near kistvaens in the dictionary

  1. Kistner
  2. Kistners
  3. kistrin
  4. kists
  5. kistvaen
  6. kistvaens
  7. Kisumu
  8. kiswa
  9. kiswah
  10. Kiswahili
  11. kiswahs

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