cerecloth

cere·cloth  (sîrklôth, -klth)

n.

Cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead.

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cerecloth - a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"