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cerecloth

[ seer-klawth, -kloth ]
/ ˈsɪərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
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noun, plural cere·cloths [seer-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈsɪərˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.
cloth coated or impregnated with wax so as to be waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead, for bandages, etc.
a piece of such cloth.
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Origin of cerecloth

1400–50; late Middle English; earlier cered cloth;see cere2

Words nearby cerecloth

cerebrotomy, cerebrotonia, cerebrovascular, cerebrovascular accident, cerebrum, cerecloth, Ceredigion, cerement, ceremonial, ceremonial tea, ceremonious
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Words related to cerecloth

cloak, pall, veil, cerement, clothing, cover, dress, envelope, garment, screen, shade, shadow, sheet, shelter, winding sheet, wrap

How to use cerecloth in a sentence

  • I shut the drawer again hurriedly, and that doll in its silver paper cerecloth haunted me all night.

    Humorous Readings and Recitations|Various

  • The best is a sort of cerecloth which he prepares specially with a very fine material.

    The Mason-bees|J. Henri Fabre

  • So to bed, and there had a cerecloth laid to my foot and leg alone, but in great pain all night long.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

  • Not a star sparkled in the sky, which was black as ink; nature seemed covered with a cerecloth; all presaged an approaching storm.

    The Prairie Flower|Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for cerecloth

cerecloth
/ (ˈsɪəˌklɒθ) /
noun
waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud

Word Origin for cerecloth

C15: from earlier cered cloth, from Latin cērāre to wax; see cere ²
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