cerecloth

• Существительное, обозначающее водонепроницаемую вощёную ткань, которая исторически использовалась как саван для обёртывания трупа.

A noun referring to a waterproof waxed cloth that was historically used as a shroud for wrapping a corpse.

1. Waterproof waxed clothC2formalbritish

   A type of cloth treated with wax to make it waterproof, historically used for wrapping bodies or as a shroud.

   Вощеная ткань

   • The body was wrapped in a cerecloth before burial.
   • In medieval times, cerecloth was used to preserve the deceased.
   • The museum displayed a fragment of ancient cerecloth.

   Synonymscerement