cerecloth

Example Sentences

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"The crown he gave," and now, alas! has he Who was the heir to England's sovereignty No diadem except the cerecloth band, No sceptre but the taper in his hand!

From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter

Sharp are thine eyes to see a sword through all this wrappage of cerecloth; surely they be of the warrior kin.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

It were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.

From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Lang, Andrew

When, by farther removal of the cerecloth, they had disengaged the entire head, they found it to be loose from the body.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

He was dead; and she saw him lying straight and cold in a padded coffin, with his hands crossed and cerecloth stiffly tying up his jaws.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden