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Definition of winding sheet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

winding sheet

noun

/ˈwaɪndɪŋ ʃiːt/

/ˈwaɪndɪŋ ʃiːt/

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(especially in the past) a piece of cloth that a dead person’s body was wrapped in before it was buried synonym shroudTopics Life stagesc2

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