carnichot

carnichot m (plural carnichots)

1. a large hole dug underneath a tree's roots and covered with branches
   • 1900, Victor Hugo, Ninety-three, page 78:

     It was a sort of room that a grand old oak had let this man have in its heart. It was hollowed out under its roots, and covered with its branches...This sort of underground dwelling...is called in the language of the peasants, "carnichot."

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• caveaux

• “carnichot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.