Winding-sheet
1Winding sheet — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
2winding sheet — [ˈwaındıŋ ʃi:t] n a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person s body before it is buried, used especially in the past = ↑shroud …
3winding sheet — winding ,sheet noun count a piece of cloth that a dead person is wrapped in before they are buried: SHROUD …
4winding sheet — ► NOUN ▪ a shroud …
5winding sheet — n. a cloth in which the body of a dead person is wrapped for burial; shroud …
6winding sheet — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms winding sheet : singular winding sheet plural winding sheets a piece of cloth that a dead person is wrapped in before they are buried …
7winding sheet — 1. shroud (def. 1). 2. a mass of tallow or wax that has run down and hardened on the side of a candle, sometimes considered an omen of misfortune. [1375 1425; late ME] * * * winding sheet f37 [winding sheet] [ˈwaɪndɪŋ ʃiːt] [ˈwaɪndɪŋ ʃiːt] noun… …
8Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy — • In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besançon by Otto de La Roche, and the feast of its arrival (Susceptio) was ordered to be kept on 11 July Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
9winding-sheet — wind·ing sheet (wīnʹdĭng shēt ) n. A sheet for wrapping a corpse; a shroud. * * * …
10winding sheet — /ˈwaɪndɪŋ ʃit / (say wuynding sheet) noun 1. a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. 2. a mass of tallow or wax that has run down and hardened on the side of a candle …
