Burying, interment; spec. interment in a tumulus or grave-mound.

the practice of burying the dead beneath a mound or cairn; an instance of this.

the custom, among some peoples, of disposing of dead bodies by placing them in hollow trunks, or among the branches, of trees.

a burial in which a pipe (usually of lead) passes from the coffin or the tomb to the surface of the ground, allowing libations to be poured in.