cerecloth

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There was an odour of cerecloth in the tapestry, the yellow hue of immortelles in the �pergnes, a sediment of bitterness in the wine-cup, a strain of melancholy in the music.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

The skeleton was found still wrapped in a cerecloth, and in the record of the church is a memorandum of payment "for a terpauling to wrap Mr. Mitchell."

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

I shut the drawer again hurriedly, and that doll in its silver paper cerecloth haunted me all night.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

The coffin was completely full, and, from-the tenacity of the cerecloth, great difficulty was experienced in detaching it successfully from the parts which it developed.

From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.

His sister brought the cerecloth that she took in the Waste Chapel, and presented there where the Graal was.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian