midden

noun

1. a dunghill or refuse heap.
2. kitchen midden.

noun

1. 1. archaic, or dialecta dunghill or pile of refuse
   2. dialecta dustbin
   3. Northern English dialectan earth closet
2. See kitchen midden

n.mid-14c., “dung hill,” of Scandinavian origin; cf. Danish mødding, from møg “muck” (see muck (n.)) + dynge “heap of dung” (see dung). Modern archaeological sense of “kitchen midden” is from Danish excavations.