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

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

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Then they stood, the pair of them, in Robert Turold’s bedroom, looking down on the dead man, swathed in his graveclothes, with a wreath of flowers from Mrs. Pendleton on his breast.

From The Moon Rock by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

Bound hand and foot with graveclothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin.

From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance

For the photograph was nothing less than that of her husband, dead in his white graveclothes, his hands composed, his eyes closed, his cheek waxen.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

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