char·nel house
noun/ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs/
/ˈtʃɑːrnl haʊs/
- a place used in the past for keeping dead human bodies or bones
（旧时）存放尸骨的地方 Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle English charnel ‘burying place’, from Old French, from medieval Latin carnale, from late Latin carnalis ‘relating to flesh’, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’.