gravehouse
nounUK /ˈɡreɪv.haʊs/
US /ˈɡreɪv.haʊs/
A gravehouse is a small building built over a grave to protect it.
The old gravehouse in the cemetery has a stone roof.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A roofed structure placed over a burial plot to keep rain and animals away.
They repaired the wooden gravehouse before winter.
3. A small house-shaped marker standing at a gravesite.
A tiny gravehouse marked the child's resting place.
4. A storage building near a graveyard for tools and supplies.
The caretaker kept his shovel in the gravehouse.