WINDING-SHEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winding-sheet mean? 

• WINDING-SHEET (noun)
  The noun WINDING-SHEET has 1 sense:

1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDING-SHEET (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-sheet" is a kind of...):

burial garment (cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial)

 Context examples 

The end of the winding-sheet was laid over the face; when the Professor bent over and turned it gently back, we both started at the beauty before us, the tall wax candles showing a sufficient light to note it well.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)