cerecloth
English
Noun
cerecloth (plural cerecloths)
- Cloth coated with wax used for covering the dead.
- 1594 — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ii 7
- 'Twere damnation
To think so base a thought; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
- 'Twere damnation
- 1594 — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ii 7
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