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cerecloths

cerecloths is the plural of cerecloth.

Meaning of cerecloth

Noun

cerecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cerecloths)

  1. (historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
    • ’Twere damnation
      To think so base a thought; it were too gross
      To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about cerecloths

What is cerecloths the plural of?
Cerecloths is the plural of cerecloth.

Words near cerecloths in the dictionary

  1. cerebrums
  2. Cereceres
  3. Cerecereses
  4. cerecloth
  5. cereclothed
  6. cerecloths
  7. cered
  8. Ceredigion
  9. Ceredo
  10. cereicidin
  11. cereicidins

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