'Charnel' definitions:
Definition of 'charnel'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
noun
A vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited [syn: charnel house, charnel]
Definition of 'Charnel'
From: GCIDE
- Charnel \Char"nel\, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. [1913 Webster]
- In their proud charnel of Thermopyl[ae]. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Charnel'
From: GCIDE
- Charnel \Char"nel\, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.] Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds. [1913 Webster]