cerecloth

Example Sentences

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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.

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

The best is a sort of cerecloth which he prepares specially with a very fine material.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

He speaks the words to Burbage, the young player who stands before him beyond the rack of cerecloth, calling him by a name: Hamlet, I am thy father's spirit, bidding him list.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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

From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew