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A waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
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cerecloth
Word definitions for cerecloth in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cerecloth \Cere"cloth`\, n. [L. cera wax + E. cloth.] A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. --Bacon.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Cloth coated with wax used for covering the dead.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
Usage examples of cerecloth.
It was a cerecloth that had been used as a shroud or winding sheet for a corpse.
Leave that tress of hair On his bosom there -- Wrap the cerecloth round him!
With a horrible nonchalance, as a woman might prepare to remove a veil, it raised its hands to unwind the cerecloth from its face.
From his bag, he took a neatly-folded white cerecloth and spread it over the small nearby table.
Of nobler frame than creatures of to-day, Swathed in fine linen cerecloths fold on fold, With carven weapons wrought of bronze and gold, Accoutred like a warrior for the fray.
And a horrible presentiment gripped me, a voice, fusty as mouldering cerecloths, whispered that I should never complete the Ode until I had discovered his fate.
Of nobler frame than creatures of to-day, Swathed in fine linen cerecloths fold on fold, With carven weapons wrought of bronze and gold, Accoutred like a warrior for the fray.
With a horrible nonchalance, as a woman might prepare to remove a veil, it raised its hands to unwind the cerecloth from its face.