kist

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.

noun

1. cist².

noun Scot and Northern English dialect

1. a large chest or coffer

noun

1. archaeol a variant spelling of cist 2

noun

1. Southern African a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride’s trousseau

n.

“chest,” c.1300, from Old Norse kista “chest,” from Latin cista (see chest).