Hearsecloth
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
"His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life."
Example
More examples"His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life."
Etymology
From hearse + cloth.
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