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cerecloth

noun

Etymology

From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).

  1. derived from cera

Definitions

  1. 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.

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