graveclothes

American  

[greyv-klohz, -klohthz] / ˈgreɪvˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /

plural noun

1. the clothes or wrappings in which a body is buried; cerements.

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Etymology

Origin of graveclothes

First recorded in 1525–35; grave ¹ + clothes

Example Sentences

The place is a tomb and it stinks of graveclothes.

From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington

Bolton may have found the manuscript packed up in the mummy, amongst the graveclothes, in fact.

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

Art has no business with real graveclothes when she wants tragic drapery—has she?

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

All her life she had been very proud of her fine stock of fair linen, both household and personal; and for many years past had kept her own graveclothes ready in a drawer.

From The Brownies and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Now he who was dead came forth bound hand and foot with graveclothes and his face was wound about with a scarf.

From All Four Gospels for Readers by Anonymous