单词 | oak cist |
释义 | > as lemmasoak cist oak cist n. Archaeology a coffin of a type used in Bronze Age Europe, consisting of an oak log that has been split and hollowed out. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > coffin made of hollowed tree-trunk oak coffin1833 tree-coffin1877 oak cist1937 1937 E. V. Gordon tr. H. Shetelig & H. S. Falk Scand. Archaeol. 146 Of similar type is the other well-known form of Norse bronze-age grave, the ‘oak cist’, a coffin made from a thick trunk of oak, split and hollowed out. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings i. i. 19 The tannin of the ‘oak cists’ of Denmark, the very flesh and fell of the wearers. < as lemmas |
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