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WINDING-CLOTHES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does winding-clothes mean?
• WINDING-CLOTHES (noun)
The noun WINDING-CLOTHES has 1 sense:
1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Familiarity information: WINDING-CLOTHES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cerement; pall; shroud; winding-clothes; winding-sheet
Hypernyms ("winding-clothes" is a kind of...):
burial garment (cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial)
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