Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pall; a cloth to cover a corpse when laid upon a bier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cloth for covering acoffin when on abier ; apall .
Etymologies
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hearse + cloth
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