Meanings
nounwinding sheet (plural winding sheets)
plural winding sheets · alternative dated winding-sheet
- A burial shroud.
- historicalA collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death.
He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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Finnish käärinliina
- käärinliinaburial shroud
Irish taiséadach
- taiséadachburial shroud
Polish całun
- całunburial shroud
Russian са́ван
- са́ван (sávan)burial shroud
Scottish Gaelic anart-bàis
- anart-bàisburial shroud
Spanish mortaja
- mortajaburial shroud
Turkish kefen
- kefenburial shroud
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winding sheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winding%20sheet
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“winding sheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winding%20sheet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winding sheet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winding%20sheet.
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