grave-clothes

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The same circumstances showed also that the body had not been removed by friends; for they would not thus have left the grave-clothes behind.

From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon

Peter alone was moved to run to the sepulchre, where he found the empty tomb and the cast-off grave-clothes, and "departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass."

From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lisle, Lionel

Hush!—was not that low rumbling in the north which men call thunder, the voice of the Giant of Mount Liberty turning suddenly in his grave-clothes to answer the appeal?

From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry

The well-known monstrous representation of her, as a figure with many breasts, swathed below the waist in grave-clothes, was probably of late and alien origin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Like a ghost,-252- sheeted in her grave-clothes, Ginevra ran through the streets, and knocked first at Francesco's door.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington