What is "sindon"

Sindon \Sin"don\, n. [L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. ???.]

1. A wrapper. [Obs.] ``Wrapped in sindons of linen.''
   --Bacon.

2. (Surg.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
   --Dunglison.

n. 1 (context obsolete or historical) A fine thin linen muslin or cambric cloth. 2 (context obsolete or historical) A piece of such cloth, ''particularly'' 3 # A shroud of such cloth. 4 # (context: ecclesiastical) The shroud of Jesus following the crucifixion. 5 # (context: ecclesiastical) The corporal: the cloth placed beneath the eucharist. 6 # A garment or wrapper of such cloth. 7 # (context: medical) A wad, roll, or pledget of such cloth, usually doused with medicine, used to fill open wounds during surgery.

Sindon was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1958 Irish Derby.

Sindon usually describes linen muslin cloth.

Sindon may also refer to:

• Items made from such cloth, particularly
  • burial shrouds
  • the shroud worn by Jesus following the Crucifixion
  • corporals, the cloths placed beneath the eucharist in Christian liturgy
  • wads or rolls of such cloth formerly used in filling open wounds during surgery
• Sindon, a horse who won the Irish Derby in the 1950s
• Sindon, Burma