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

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)

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

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

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 Bouton, John Bell