graveclothes

[ greyv-klohz, -klohthz ]

/ ˈgreɪvˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /

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plural noun

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

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Origin of graveclothes

First recorded in 1525–35; grave¹ + clothes

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How to use graveclothes in a sentence

Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
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Her daughter, Elaina, 24, a trained costume designer and makeup artist, helps out by sewing clothes.
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BEIRUT—It is December, but Sabrine Omar is still wearing her summer clothes.
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They dye their hair and alter their clothes, but not enough to attract attention from authorities.
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That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.
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At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The water suggested the fear that he must be nearing the open sea, and he became supernaturally grave.
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After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
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They carried the two bodies together on some litters, and buried them both in the same grave.
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He, therefore, did as he said; made no further observation, but conducted himself to his young friend with grave distance.
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British Dictionary definitions for graveclothes

grave clothes

pl n

the wrappings in which a dead body is interred

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