cerecloth

[ seer-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural cere·cloths [seer, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. cloth coated or impregnated with wax so as to be waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead, for bandages, etc.
2. a piece of such cloth.

cerecloth

/ ˈsɪəˌklɒθ /

noun

1. waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerecloth¹

1400–50; late Middle English; earlier cered cloth; cere ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerecloth¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• cloak
• pall
• veil