Definition of cerecloth in English:

cerecloth

noun ˈsɪəklɒθˈsɪrklɔθ

mass nounhistorical

Waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse.
Example sentencesExamples
- The next day the miraculous body was shewn to the multitude, though it is honestly stated by the chronicler that the whole of it, including the face, was covered with linen, the only flesh visible being through a chink left in the cerecloths at the neck.
- Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
- The specimen I enclose, wrapped in a golden cerecloth, and with the remains of his last dinner in the proper region, will prove to you the heights to which the creative power of the true artist may soar.

Origin

Late Middle English: from earlier cered cloth, from cere 'to wax', from Latin cerare, from cera 'wax'.

Definition of cerecloth in US English:

cerecloth

nounˈsɪrklɔθˈsirklôTH

historical

Waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse.
Example sentencesExamples
- The specimen I enclose, wrapped in a golden cerecloth, and with the remains of his last dinner in the proper region, will prove to you the heights to which the creative power of the true artist may soar.
- The next day the miraculous body was shewn to the multitude, though it is honestly stated by the chronicler that the whole of it, including the face, was covered with linen, the only flesh visible being through a chink left in the cerecloths at the neck.
- Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.

Origin

Late Middle English: from earlier cered cloth, from cere ‘to wax’, from Latin cerare, from cera ‘wax’.

单词	cerecloth
释义	Definition of cerecloth in English: cerecloth noun ˈsɪəklɒθˈsɪrklɔθ mass nounhistorical Waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse. Example sentencesExamples The next day the miraculous body was shewn to the multitude, though it is honestly stated by the chronicler that the whole of it, including the face, was covered with linen, the only flesh visible being through a chink left in the cerecloths at the neck. Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. The specimen I enclose, wrapped in a golden cerecloth, and with the remains of his last dinner in the proper region, will prove to you the heights to which the creative power of the true artist may soar. Origin Late Middle English: from earlier cered cloth, from cere 'to wax', from Latin cerare, from cera 'wax'. Definition of cerecloth in US English: cerecloth nounˈsɪrklɔθˈsirklôTH historical Waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse. Example sentencesExamples The specimen I enclose, wrapped in a golden cerecloth, and with the remains of his last dinner in the proper region, will prove to you the heights to which the creative power of the true artist may soar. The next day the miraculous body was shewn to the multitude, though it is honestly stated by the chronicler that the whole of it, including the face, was covered with linen, the only flesh visible being through a chink left in the cerecloths at the neck. Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. Origin Late Middle English: from earlier cered cloth, from cere ‘to wax’, from Latin cerare, from cera ‘wax’.
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