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hearsecloth

hearsecloth noun: a cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.

Noun

hearsecloth (plural hearsecloths)

  1. A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
    • His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography

Forms of hearsecloth

pluralhearsecloths

Origin of hearsecloth

From hearse + cloth.

Questions about hearsecloth

What does hearsecloth mean?
Hearsecloth means a cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
What part of speech is hearsecloth?
Hearsecloth is a noun.
What is the plural of hearsecloth?
The plural of hearsecloth is hearsecloths.

Words near hearsecloth in the dictionary

  1. hearsal
  2. hearsals
  3. hearsay
  4. hearsays
  5. hearse
  6. hearsecloth
  7. hearsecloths
  8. hearsed
  9. hearseless
  10. hearselike
  11. hearses

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