winding sheet
Corpse's final garment
A winding sheet is a cloth wrapped around a corpse for burial—a shroud.
The term is old-fashioned, appearing mostly in historical or literary contexts: They wrapped the body in a winding sheet.
The winding refers to the wrapping action, not to curves or turns.
Burial cloth or covering
- graveclothesBurial garments for deceased
- pallGrow tiresome or dull
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
tomb · crypt · sepulcher · interment · inhumation · mortuary · funerary · embalming
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- requiemMass for the deceased
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
eulogy · rites · procession · pallbearer · memorial · tribute · lamentation · obsequies
Flax-derived textile
- muslinPlain-woven cotton cloth
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- clothWoven or knit material
woven · white · wrapped · binding · draping · folds · swaddling · enshrouding
Wax stick with wick
- waxPliable waterproof substance
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- taperNarrow gradually toward point
- omenProphetic indicator
portent · superstition · foreboding · guttering · melting
shroud
Burial cloth or covering
- graveclothesBurial garments for deceased
- pallGrow tiresome or dull
- coffinBurial container for remains
casket · tomb · crypt · sepulcher · interment · inhumation · mortuary · funerary · embalming · corpse
funeral
Service honoring the dead
dirge · eulogy · rites · procession · pallbearer · memorial · tribute · lamentation · obsequies · incense
linen
Flax-derived textile
cloth · woven · white · wrapped · binding · draping · folds · swaddling · enshrouding
candle
Wax stick with wick
omen · portent · superstition · foreboding · guttering · melting
- ritual textilesaltar cloth, prayer shawl, tallit, prayer rug, vestment
- funeral clothburial shroud, funeral shroud, death shroud, shroud, white shroud
- wrapschicken wrap, lettuce wrap, veggie wrap, breakfast wrap, sandwich wrap
winding sheetswaddling clothes
Cloth strips restraining newborns
christening gown · baptismal robe · baby blanket · receiving blanket · layette
winding sheetwedding dress
Formal attire for brides
bridal gown · party dress · finery · glad rags · Sunday best
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