mort·cloth
| \ ˈmȯrtˌklȯth \
Definition of mortcloth
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
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