'Midden' definitions:
Definition of 'midden'
From: WordNet
noun
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden]
noun
Definition of 'Midden'
From: GCIDE
- Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E. muck, and dung.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See {Kitchen middens}. [1913 Webster]