Winding-sheet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of winding sheet. alt-of, dated

    "Accordingly, mysterious shapes were made of tables and chairs, heaped together in the middle of rooms, and covered over with great winding-sheets."

  2. 2
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped wordnet

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"Accordingly, mysterious shapes were made of tables and chairs, heaped together in the middle of rooms, and covered over with great winding-sheets."

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