burial-ground
A piece of ground set apart as devoted to the regular interment of the dead; a burying-ground, cemetery.
| 1803 Ann. Rev. I. 98 The account of the burial-grounds furnishes the most interesting description in this work. 1842 Longfellow God's Acre i, I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground God's acre! 1845 Darwin Voy. Nat. viii, It was the burial-ground of all the goats in the island. 1850 Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 325 That burial-ground commands a beautiful view. |