mortcloth

noun

mort·​cloth

ˈmȯrtˌklȯth

1

chiefly Scottish : a funeral pall

let the bedclothes, for a mortcloth, drop into great laps and folds of sculptor's work

—Robert Browning

2

Scottish : money paid for the use of a pall

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English mort death (from Middle French, from Latin mort-, mors) + English cloth

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