1. Plural of cerecloth; cloths treated with wax or a wax-like substance, historically used to wrap dead bodies for burial or to cover wounds.
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The body was wrapped in cerecloths before being placed in the tomb.
• Medieval physicians sometimes used cerecloths to dress serious wounds.
• Cerecloths were an important part of burial practices in ancient and medieval times.
• The museum displayed examples of cerecloths used in 16th-century funerary rites.