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winding sheets

winding sheets is the plural 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

Questions about winding sheets

What is winding sheets the plural of?
Winding sheets is the plural of winding sheet.

Words near winding sheets in the dictionary

  1. winding number
  2. winding numbers
  3. winding off
  4. winding one's neck in
  5. winding sheet
  6. winding sheets
  7. winding tower
  8. winding towers
  9. winding up
  10. winding up one's bottoms
  11. winding-sheet

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