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winding-sheet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cerement, pall, shroud, winding-clothes |
| Type of | burial garment |
Examples of winding-sheet
winding-sheet
It has those waxen ripples that people called the candle's winding sheet.
From the guardian.co.uk
The desert's waves have risen to its breast, as if to wrap the monster in a winding-sheet of gold.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the book all this horror, like a walking death, is veiled in a ghostly winding sheet of luminous Jamesian language.
From the time.com
His current winding sheet in Chicago enfolds a cadaver so Brobdingnagian that even the man in the street has been confronted by the undertaking.
From the time.com
The two Marys are in the center with the two angels at either side, in the foreground is the Holy Sepulchre with the winding sheet and napkin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Epitaphios is clearly visible through the open doors, and thus symbolizes the winding sheet left in the tomb after the resurrection.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Early Christian Church, to the frustration of historians of costume, encouraged burial in a plain white winding-sheet, as being all that would be required at the Second Coming.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Upstairs, her invalid mother sits clutching the bedclothes about her like a winding sheet, praying fanatically to St. Philomena, ringing a huge bell whenever the couple begin a furtive smooch.
From the time.com
A manufacturer of electrical transformer core winding machines is utilising linear actuators from Schaeffler to ensure that sheet metal parts are handled and positioned with repeatable accuracy.
From the forbes.com
