Cerecloth

Description

Cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead as a shroud.

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 2 July 2010

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  cerecloth

  1. 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.

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References in the diary

1667

Jul: 14