kistvaen /ˈkɪstvaɪn/ noun1 •A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.It was man of the New Stone Age who first peopled this upland, leaving remains of his hut-dwellings, his pounds, dolmens, and menhirs, his kistvaens and his cooking-holes. — 1913 formskistvaens