Winding-sheet


noun
1.
shroud (def 1).
2.
a mass of tallow or wax that has run down and hardened on the side of a candle, sometimes considered an omen of misfortune.
winding sheet
noun
1.
a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; shroud

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