winding-sheetn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪndɪŋʃiːt/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪndɪŋˌʃit/

Etymology: < winding n.¹ + sheet n.¹

a. A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; a shroud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > shroud

sheetc1000

sendala1300

sudaryc1380

winding-clotha1400

winding-sheetc1420

kellc1425

sindonc1500

shroud1570

shrouding sheet1576

cerement1604

church cloth1639

socking-sheet1691

death cloth1699

sow1763

windinga1825

burial-cloth1876

negligée1927

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 420 As he had bene a goste came in wyndyng shete.

1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 21 One wyndyng shite of Incarnacion Lawnd strypide with crossis Crymson satten.

1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 306 Thy windene scheit is nocht in weir.

1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. C3^v A thousand Coarses, some standing bolt vpright in their knotted winding sheetes.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 35 They..rowle them in mats for their winding sheets.

1723–4 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 357 A coffine..and a winning sheet.

1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1767) I. 72 Your Nobility arrayed in a Winding-sheet; your Grandeur mouldering in an Urn.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 92 The spectre had sworn by his winding-sheet..that he would do him no harm.

in combination.1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D2^v These winding-sheete-weauers.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 114 These armes of mine shall be thy winding sheet: My heart (sweet Boy) shall be thy Sepulcher.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 330 The great Winding-sheets, that burie all Things in Obliuion, are two; Deluges, and Earth-quakes.

1669 J. Owen Serm. 2 Sam. xxiii. 5 in Wks. (1851) IX. 414 Let us..be content to see all our comforts in their winding-sheet every day.

1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. i, in Odes 15 Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xxii. 204 Disturbing not the leaves which are her winding-sheet.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 147 Dead cedars, in winding-sheets of long gray moss.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 59 He raised you from death, and loosed you from your winding-sheet of habitual sin.

2. A mass of solidified drippings of grease clinging to the side of a candle, resembling a sheet folded in creases, and regarded in popular superstition as an omen of death or calamity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil > candle-grease, portending doom

winding-sheet1708

1708 Brit. Apollo 7–9 Apr. Letters, Winding Sheets, &c. in a Candle.

1819 J. Keats Party of Lovers 16 There's a large cauliflower in each candle. A winding sheet.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 254 She..sees..gifts in her finger-nails, letters and winding-sheets in the candle.

1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 113/1 The candles..burned dim, with long winding-sheets clinging to them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	winding-sheet
释义	winding-sheetn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪndɪŋʃiːt/, U.S. /ˈwaɪndɪŋˌʃit/ Etymology: < winding n.¹ + sheet n.¹ 1. a. A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; a shroud. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > shroud sheetc1000 sendala1300 sudaryc1380 winding-clotha1400 winding-sheetc1420 kellc1425 sindonc1500 shroud1570 shrouding sheet1576 cerement1604 church cloth1639 socking-sheet1691 death cloth1699 sow1763 windinga1825 burial-cloth1876 negligée1927 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 420 As he had bene a goste came in wyndyng shete. 1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 21 One wyndyng shite of Incarnacion Lawnd strypide with crossis Crymson satten. 1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 306 Thy windene scheit is nocht in weir. 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. C3^v A thousand Coarses, some standing bolt vpright in their knotted winding sheetes. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 35 They..rowle them in mats for their winding sheets. 1723–4 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 357 A coffine..and a winning sheet. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1767) I. 72 Your Nobility arrayed in a Winding-sheet; your Grandeur mouldering in an Urn. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 92 The spectre had sworn by his winding-sheet..that he would do him no harm. in combination.1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D2^v These winding-sheete-weauers. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 114 These armes of mine shall be thy winding sheet: My heart (sweet Boy) shall be thy Sepulcher. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 330 The great Winding-sheets, that burie all Things in Obliuion, are two; Deluges, and Earth-quakes. 1669 J. Owen Serm. 2 Sam. xxiii. 5 in Wks. (1851) IX. 414 Let us..be content to see all our comforts in their winding-sheet every day. 1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. i, in Odes 15 Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xxii. 204 Disturbing not the leaves which are her winding-sheet. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 147 Dead cedars, in winding-sheets of long gray moss. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 59 He raised you from death, and loosed you from your winding-sheet of habitual sin. 2. A mass of solidified drippings of grease clinging to the side of a candle, resembling a sheet folded in creases, and regarded in popular superstition as an omen of death or calamity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil > candle-grease, portending doom winding-sheet1708 1708 Brit. Apollo 7–9 Apr. Letters, Winding Sheets, &c. in a Candle. 1819 J. Keats Party of Lovers 16 There's a large cauliflower in each candle. A winding sheet. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 254 She..sees..gifts in her finger-nails, letters and winding-sheets in the candle. 1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 113/1 The candles..burned dim, with long winding-sheets clinging to them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1420
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