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winding sheet

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noun

shroud(def 1).

a mass of tallow or wax that has run down and hardened on the side of a candle, sometimes considered an omen of misfortune.

Origin of winding sheet

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Words nearby winding sheet

windigo, winding, winding drum, winding frame, winding number, winding sheet, winding staircase, winding-up, windjammer, windlass, windle

Example sentences from the Web for winding sheet

We accordingly put the body in a winding-sheet, and coffined it up, waiting to carry it to the grave next morning.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. |Robert Kerr
The reduced size of the winding-sheet is to blame for this, by bringing them rudely in contact with their precious burden.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare
What need or comfort are the things which the world has taught me, when after all, my winding-sheet will be but a blanket?

The Brand |Therese Broderick
The Count moved slowly on, the winding-sheet still dragging behind him.

The Count of Nideck |Ralph Browning Fiske

In some of the communes of this department the dead are wrapped in a winding-sheet, but are not inclosed in a coffin.

Ten Thousand Wonderful Things |Edmund Fillingham King

British Dictionary definitions for winding sheet

winding sheet

noun

a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; shroud