Definition of "lych"

When perfect it comprises a lych path, lych seats, a lych cross, and a lych stone, on which to rest the coffin.

1849, Andrew Trimen, Church and Chapel Architecture, page 114

I'd wish to be a handsome lych, [...] so as not to scare them as come to look at me.

1892, St. C. O'Neill, Devonshire idyls, page 11