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Noun: winding-sheet
  1. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
    "The ancient Egyptians used linen winding-sheets in their mummification process";
    - pall, shroud, cerement, winding-clothes

Derived forms: winding-sheets

Type of: burial garment

Encyclopedia: Winding-sheet