CHARNEL

Char″nel (?), a. [[F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.]] Containing the bodies of the dead. “Charnel vaults.” Milton. 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.