单词 | mortcloth |
释义 | mortclothn. Chiefly Scottish. 1. a. A funeral pall. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > pall pallc1400 mortcloth1497 hearse-cloth1522 hearse1530 pall cloth1541 bier-cloth1549 coffin-cloth1625 grave-cloth1646 death cloth1699 hearse-cover1885 1497 Edinb. Hammermen f. 22v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mort-clath(e Ane honorabill mort clath to serf the haile craft. 1511 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 195 xvj elnis iij quartaris blak weluus to be ane mort claitht, to ly one King James the Secundis tumbe. 1578 Edinb. Dean of Guild Accts. 65 For three elnis of blak tobe ane mortclayth..vij lib. 1642 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 10 The proveist and baillies..gave thair old mort clothe to be redrest..for the use of the poore. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1678) 826 It was reported that they were to use a white cloth above the mort-cloth [at a funeral in 1579]... Answer was returned, that the mort-cloth should be covered with black velvet. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 74 Haueing abone his kist ane ritche mort clothe of blak veluoet. 1726 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1878) 276 To William Simpson keeper of the morecloath for the morecolath [sic]. £2. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 80 Certain dues for the proclamation of banns, the use of the mort-cloth..and other casualties. a1835 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1837) II. 189 When I saw the mortclaith drawn off the coffin. 1847 G. Lippard Washington & his Generals Introd. p. ix His face was pale as a mortcloth, but his eye shone with that clear wild light that once seen can never be forgotten. 1870 J. Lauder Warblings 78 Winter's weirdly mortcloth wound him. 1914 N. Munro New Road xxvii The dark was like a mort-cloth at the start, but by-and-by it seemed less thick. 1971 J. A. Dunn Hist. Renfrew 184 Mort Cloths were black burial cloths hired out by the session, who alone were allowed to possess them as coverings for the coffins. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > mourning drapery mourning blacka1425 mournings1634 mourning1663 mortcloth1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. vi. 135 The vast Champ-de-Mars wholly hung round with black mortcloth. 2. Fees paid for the use of a pall. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > other charges or payments wood-hire1361 poll penny1489 dilapidation1553 soilage1593 admittyc1600 mortcloth1636 table money1659 treaty-money1763 carrying charge1834 handling charge1858 loosing1889 1636 in J. Paterson Hist. Musselburgh (1857) 145 The mortclaiths xxvi lib. 1692 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1880) IV. 619 They have some casuall comon good..by ther fines or mort cloathes. 1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 29 Collections, Mortcloth, and Buttock-mail Voraciously he stole; President, Clerk, and Treas'rer was, None durst his Pow'r controul. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 452 The fund for their support arises from..the weekly collections..mortcloths, proclamation money [etc.]. 1845 New Statist Acct. Scotl. VIII. 271 The money arising from the collections at the church door..and the proceeds of mortcloth, with interest of L. 450, was..sufficient for defraying the expense of supporting the poor. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. xiv. 457 In 1762 the schoolmaster of Banff derived part of his salary from the town's bells and Mort Cloth. Compounds General attributive, as mortcloth dues, mortcloth money, etc. Now historical. ΚΠ 1615 Glasgow Maltmen 36 Ressaivit be the Visitour..of mortclaith silver, x sh. 1699 in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1899) I. 165 The conveiner and manadgers of the mortcloath money. 1768 Parish Rec. Leslie in R. Small Hist. U.P. Congreg. (1904) I. 280 Mortcloth dues for Mr James Clunie. 1902 A. Thomson Lauder & Lauderdale vii. 83 Alexander Creze was mortcloth keeper. 1989 A. G. Fraser Building of Old College v. 129/1 Total income from bonds, ground annuals, feus, mortcloth dues, etc., fell short of this by several hundred pounds. 1998 V. S. Dunstan Index Coldringham Mortcloth Rec. 1 Occasionally a burial is mentioned here which does not appear in the mortcloth roll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1497 |
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