Definitions for graveclothes

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graveclothes grave·clothes

Spelling: [greyv-klohz, -klohth z]

IPA: /ˈgreɪvˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz/

Graveclothes is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 1981 anagrams from letters in graveclothes (aceeghlorstv).

Definitions for graveclothes

plural noun

1. the clothes or wrappings in which a body is buried; cerements.

Origin of graveclothes

First recorded in 1525-35; grave¹ + clothes

Examples for graveclothes

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.

Then she turned and passed away into the shadow of the trees; I heard her graveclothes sweep upon the grass.

Folding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.