Charnel

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: char=nel

CIDE DICTIONARY

Charnel, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.].

 Containing the bodies of the dead.  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.

Charnel, n. 

 A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.  [1913 Webster]
"In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ."  [1913 Webster]