graveclothes
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of graveclothes
Example Sentences
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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
Folding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
Then she turned and passed away into the shadow of the trees; I heard her graveclothes sweep upon the grass.
From Montezuma's Daughter by Henry Rider Haggard
Alessandro, albeit encumbered by the graveclothes, which were very long, also jumped up and made off.
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
The white somethings carelessly tossed over a chair near the head of the bed, were no longer the garments of youth, beauty, and innocence, but graveclothes, cold, shining, shuddering, in that deathly light.
From Round the Block by John Bell Bouton
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