cerement
/ˈsɛrəmənt/
noun
- A burial cloth or shroud; often used in the plural form 'cerements' to refer to the wrappings for a dead body.
- The mummy was unwrapped to reveal layers of ancient cerements.
- In the old story, the ghost appeared still wrapped in its cerements.
- The archaeologists carefully removed the cerements from the sarcophagus.