A cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb. Also: a shroud for a corpse. Cf. pallbearer, n.
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > pall (11) pallc1400 A cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb. Also: a shroud for a corpse. Cf. pallbearer, n. mortcloth1497 A funeral pall. Now historical. hearse-cloth1522 A black cloth to cover a bier or coffin; a funeral pall. hearse1530 A hearse-cloth, a funeral pall. Obsolete. pall cloth1541 bier-cloth1549 a pall. coffin-cloth1625 a cloth to cover a coffin, a pall. grave-cloth1646 ? a pall. death cloth1699 (a) a pall; a shroud, a winding sheet; (b) a head-covering worn by Jews for prayer (rare). hearse-cover1885 a pall. Subcategories:— type of (1) |
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