char ‧ nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: charnel , from Medieval Latin carnale , from Late Latin carnalis ; ⇨ ↑ carnal ]
literary a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored