grave-clothes

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The grave-clothes having been removed, the mouldering remains were wrapped in new blankets and carried in procession, attended by the crowd, to a place where they were deposited on a carpet of leaves.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

The colours most approved for the grave-clothes are white and green.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

The raising of Lazarus, who appears at a door in his grave-clothes, while Christ with a wand stands before it.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

One is passed over the head and shoulders, the other receives the lower extremities, when the two are brought together and fastened, his grave-clothes generally being some of his common wearing apparel.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.

One thing struck me, and it was this—I had no grave-clothes upon me.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various