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单词 hearse-cloth
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hearse-clothn.

Etymology: < hearse n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhearse-cloth.
A black cloth to cover a bier or coffin; a funeral pall.
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hearse-cloth1522
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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).
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