'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
A heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]

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]