sindon

American  

[sin-duhn] / ˈsɪn dən /

noun

Archaic.

1. cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.

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Etymology

Origin of sindon

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sindōn < Greek sindṓn

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sindon

Red and grey sindon hung before the royal table; the King sat on samitelle cushions, and two pieces of velvet “to put under the King” also appear in the account.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

And then the sindon, or corporal, was turned back over them, to cover them as a pall.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

The Northern dialect employed aron as well as sindon and sind for the present plural; hence Mn.E. are.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

Comon di of þrym folcum þa strangestan Germaniæ; þæt of Seaxum, and of Angle, and of Geatum; of Geatum fruman sindon Cant-wære and Wiht-sætan, þæt is seo þeód se Wiht þat ealond on eardað.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The pure English word for this is beoth or sindon.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow