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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead..
’Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
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Cerecloth means (historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead..
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’Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
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