graveclothes
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of graveclothes
Example Sentences
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Out he comes, and if you look up at one end of the coffin he is leaving, you may see the graveclothes he wore when first he went to sleep.
From Woodland Tales by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Bound hand and foot with graveclothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin.
From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance
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 that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with graveclothes and his face was wound about with a napkin.
From The Gospel of John for Readers by Lightheart
Alessandro, albeit encumbered by the graveclothes, which were very long, also jumped up and made off.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
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