单词 | hearse-cloth |
释义 | hearse-clothn. A black cloth to cover a bier or coffin; a funeral pall. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > pall pallc1400 mortcloth1497 hearse-cloth1522 hearse1530 pall cloth1541 bier-cloth1549 coffin-cloth1625 grave-cloth1646 death cloth1699 hearse-cover1885 1522 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 9 Sir Robert Danby Curett..of him, for his herst-cloth 2s. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 231/1 Herse clothe, poille. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. ix. 282 No more then a dead corps is affected with a velvet herse-cloth over it. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico x. 22 Foure Mourners..each of them holding in their hands a corner of the Herse-Cloth. 1829 J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 14 (note) The Fishmonger's Company have preserved their herseclothe or pall..at their Hall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1522 |
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