graveclothes
the clothes or wrappings in which a body is buried; cerements.
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How to use graveclothes in a sentence
Art has no business with real graveclothes when she wants tragic drapery—has she?
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningFolding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthThen she turned and passed away into the shadow of the trees; I heard her graveclothes sweep upon the grass.
Montezuma's Daughter | H. Rider HaggardAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.
The Bible for Young People | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for grave clothes
the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
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