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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 wrappedplay

  Familiarity information: WINDING-CLOTHES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WINDING-CLOTHES (noun)


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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