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winding-sheet

winding-sheet is the dated form of winding sheet.

Meaning of winding sheet

Noun

winding sheet (plural winding sheets)

  1. A burial shroud.
    Synonyms:
    winding cloth
  2. (historical) A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death.
    • He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Forms of winding-sheet

pluralwinding-sheets

Questions about winding-sheet

What is winding-sheet the dated form of?
Winding-sheet is the dated form of winding sheet.

Words near winding-sheet in the dictionary

  1. winding sheets
  2. winding tower
  3. winding towers
  4. winding up
  5. winding up one's bottoms
  6. winding-sheet
  7. winding-sheets
  8. winding-up
  9. windingly
  10. windingness
  11. windings

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