cerement

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The moonlight gleamed on the high-pitched red roof, and drenched the garden in whiteness, but the mist which rose from the waters of the moat swathed the walls of the house like a cerement.

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  1. noun Cerecloth.
  2. noun A burial garment. Often used in the plural.

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  1. from French cirement (Cotgrave), a waxing, a dressing or covering with wax, from cirer, wax: see cere, v., and -ment.
 

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