单词 | winding-sheet |
释义 | winding-sheet (once / 12960 pages) n WORD FAMILY winding-sheet USAGE EXAMPLESHer only garment was the linen winding-sheet which had shrouded her when lying upon the bed of death. Gautier, Th?ophile, One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other...(2012) My choice is made—the hammock for my winding-sheet, the water for my grave, and God forgive you all.” Cobbold, Richard, The History of Margaret Catchpole—A...(2012) The reduced size of the winding-sheet is to blame for this, by bringing them rudely in contact with their precious burden. Hare, Augustus J. C., Walks in Rome(2012) n burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped Syn|Hyper cerement, pall, shroud, winding-clothes burial garment cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial |
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