graveclothes

[ greyv-klohz, -klohth z ]
/ ˈgreɪvˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /

plural noun

the clothes or wrappings in which a body is buried; cerements.

Origin of graveclothes

First recorded in 1525–35; grave1 + clothes

British Dictionary definitions for grave clothes

grave clothes

pl n

the wrappings in which a dead body is interred