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

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

Lo, the graveclothes of Italy that are folded up       In the grave's gloom!

From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Then the woman—for it was a woman—advanced slowly towards us, and as she came we saw that she was draped in graveclothes.

From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider

The place is a tomb and it stinks of graveclothes.

From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington

Folding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison