cerecloth

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noun

Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.

OriginLatin cera →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nouncerecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cerecloths)

plural cerecloths

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableCloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.

    ’Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]

Origin

  1. Latincera“wax, cere”
  2. Englishcerecloth

From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerecloth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerecloth.

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