winding sheets
Cloths for corpses
A winding sheet is a cloth wrapped around a corpse for burial—a shroud.
The term is old-fashioned and literary, evoking premodern burial practices: They wrapped the body in a winding sheet.
The winding refers to the wrapping motion, not to anything serpentine.
Figuratively, anything that enshrouds like death might be called a winding sheet: a winding sheet of fog.
- pallGrow tiresome or dull
- graveclothesBurial garments for deceased
- white linenBleached woven flax
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
death shroud · corpse · cemeteries · dust to dust · linen · mummification · mausoleums · mortal remains · sarcophagi · laying out · laid to rest · final rest · mausolea · funeral pyre · burial rites · funeral rites · palls · ossuary
winding sheetsswaddling clothes
Cloth strips restraining newborns
christening gown · receiving blankets · layette · bridal gown · wedding dress
winding sheetsbaby clothes
Garments for infants
swaddling clothes · wedding dress · wedding gown · birthday suit · maternity clothes
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