gravestead

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From grave +‎ stead.

Noun[edit]

gravestead (plural gravesteads)

  1. The place where a grave or graves are located; a grave; a burial ground; cemetery.
    • 1886, Two tramps, Low down: wayside thoughts in ballad and other verse:
      And that's why the wild flowers cluster On his gravestead — there — so thick!