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cerecloth

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cere·cloth  (sîrklôth, -klth)
n.
Cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead.
cerecloth [ˈsɪəˌklɒθ]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud
[from earlier cered cloth, from Latin cērāre to wax; see cere2]
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Noun1.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"
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