mortcloth
noun
mort·cloth
ˈmȯrtˌklȯth
1
chiefly Scottish : a funeral pall
let the bedclothes, for a mortcloth, drop into great laps and folds of sculptor's work
Robert Browning
Robert Browning2
Scottish : money paid for the use of a pall
Word History
Etymology
obsolete English mort death (from Middle French, from Latin mort-, mors) + English cloth