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winding-sheet

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wind·ing-sheet (wndng-sht)
n.
A sheet for wrapping a corpse; a shroud.
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Noun1.winding-sheetwinding-sheet - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
cerement, winding-clothes, pall, shroud
burial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial


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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.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Yet your face is one that I have seen; though it would not be strange, such has been my affright, should I see thee in thy winding-sheet walking by my bedside to-night.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The stars sent him their trembling rays, and the moon wrapped him in the white winding-sheet of its effulgence.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
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