Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hearsecloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hear-se-cloth
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.

Example Sentences

"His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life."

Etymology

From hearse + cloth.

Inflected Forms

hearsecloths (plural)

Questions

What does hearsecloth mean?: A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
Where does hearsecloth come from?: From hearse + cloth.

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