midden

Meaning

Noun

• A dungheap.
• A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
• A prehistoric pile of bones and shells.
• A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
• An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.

Origin

• From Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki and dyngja), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.