cerecloth

[ seer-klawth, -kloth ]

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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.

Origin of cerecloth

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

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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

Origin of cerecloth

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

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