Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cerecloth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cerecloth \Cere"cloth`\, n. [L. cera wax + E. cloth.]
A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or
glutinous matter.
Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth.
--Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cerecloth
n : a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
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