kist
1
[kist]
/kɪst/
noun
,
Scot.
and
North England
1.
a coffer; a money chest.
2.
any chestlike container; a box, trunk, or basket.
3.
a coffin, especially a stone one; a sarcophagus.
Origin
1300-50;
Middle English
kiste
<
Old Norse
kista
chest
kist
2
[kist]
/kɪst/
noun
1.
cist
2
.
British Dictionary definitions for
kist
cist
2
/
sɪst
/
noun
1.
(
archaeol
) a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
Word Origin
C19: from Welsh: chest, from Latin
cista
box; see
cist
1
kist
1
/
kɪst
/
noun
(
Scot & Northern English
,
dialect
)
1.
a large chest or coffer
Word Origin
C14: from Old Norse
kista;
see
chest
kist
2
/
kɪst
/
noun
1.
(
archaeol
)
a variant spelling of
cist
2
kist
3
/
kɪst
/
noun
1.
(
South African
) a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride's trousseau
Word Origin
from Afrikaans, from Dutch:
chest
Word Origin and History for
kist
n.
"chest," c.1300, from Old Norse
kista
"chest," from Latin
cista
(see
chest
).