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PRONUNCIATION OF WINDING SHEET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINDING SHEET

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Winding sheet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINDING SHEET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

winding sheet

Shroud

Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim that Jews are dressed in for burial. Traditionally, mound shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre. Intermixture of two or more such fibres is forbidden, a proscription that ultimately derives from the Torah, viz., Deut. 22:11. The Early Christian Church also strongly encouraged the use of winding-sheets, except for monarchs and bishops, and their use was general until at least the Renaissance - clothes were very expensive, and they had the advantage that a good set of clothes was not lost to the family. Orthodox Christians still use a burial shroud, usually decorated with a cross and the Trisagion. The special shroud that is used during the Orthodox Holy Week services is called an Epitaphios.

Definition of winding sheet in the English dictionary

The definition of winding sheet in the dictionary is a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; shroud.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINDING SHEET

windhover
windier
Windies
windiest
windigo
windily
windiness
winding
winding drum
winding staircase
winding-up
windingly
windjammer
windjamming
windlass
windle
windless
windlessly
windlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINDING SHEET

attendance sheet
baking sheet
balance sheet
bath sheet
clean sheet
fact sheet
factsheet
fitted sheet
flow sheet
fly sheet
groundsheet
rap sheet
sheet
song sheet
spec sheet
spreadsheet
style sheet
tear sheet
tipsheet
to get on the scoresheet
worksheet

Synonyms and antonyms of winding sheet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «winding sheet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINDING SHEET

Find out the translation of winding sheet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of winding sheet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «winding sheet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

裹尸布
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sudario
570 millions of speakers

English

winding sheet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुमावदार शीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لف ورقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

саван
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortalha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘূর্ণায়মান শীট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

linceul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Helaian penggulungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leichentuch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シートワインディング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

권선 시트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumpukan kaca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quanh co tấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறுக்கு தாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वळण पत्रक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kefen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lenzuolo funebre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Karta uzwojenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

саван
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foaie de lichidare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκκαθάρισης φύλλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewaad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lindningsarket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svingete ark
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of winding sheet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDING SHEET»

The term «winding sheet» is normally little used and occupies the 123.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDING SHEET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about winding sheet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINDING SHEET»

Discover the use of winding sheet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to winding sheet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Emperor's Winding Sheet
This is the story of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and of the siege that marked the end of the proud, ancient Byzantine Empire.
Jill Paton Walsh, 2009
2
Eight Lessons in Love: A Domestic Violence Reader
UNCHOSEN VIOLENCE IN "LIKE A WINDING SHEET" Ann Petry's early story " Like a Winding Sheet" has been twice celebrated. About a year after its first appearance in Crisis in 1945, Martha Foley selected it for her prestigious anthology, ...
Mark Spilka, 1997
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The History of St. Cuthbert: Or an Account of His Life, ...
HIS WINDING-SHEET. They carried them in an ivory chest; and among the rest was “ ipsa Beati Cuthberti casula, per undenos annos cum corpore illius incorrupto in sepulchre posita.”l In the list of Richard de Segbrok, who was feretory-keeper ...
Charles Eyre, 1849
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The history of St. Cuthbert: or, an account of his life, ...
HIS CHASUBLE AND WINDING-SHEET. 309 6. His chasuble. On the occasion of the first opening of St. Cuthbert's coffin (a.d. 698), eleven years after his decease, the chasuble in which he had been buried was taken off the body. It was kept ...
Charles Eyre (Abp. of Glasgow), Charles Eyre, 1887
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The History of St. Cuthbert: Or an Account of His Life, ...
His winding-sheet. The winding-sheet is often mentioned among the relics of St. Cuthbert. Yet it is not very evident which of the winding-sheets is meant by it. We know that there was a winding-sheet given him by St. Verca the Abbess, and that  ...
C. Eyre, 1849
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Catholic World
'Tis the winding sheet," he whispered. And placing it gently in the palm of his hand, he uncovered his head out of respect for the unseen. Then he listened. Hark ! what sound was that ? Was it the soughing of the wind ? or the wail of a banshee ...
‎1905
7
Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic Church
The Immortal One who imprisoned the deep is beheld dead, and, wrapped with spices and a winding-sheet, is laid in the tomb as he were mortal ; and the women have come to anoint him with spices, weeping bitterly and crying: This is the ...
Orthodox Eastern Church, Isabel Florence Hapgood, 1922
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The Sacraments: An Inquiry Into the Nature of the Symbolic ...
413 — " 1 Few, few, shall part where many meet, The snow shall be their winding -sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.' " Would any Goth," asks Dr. Carson, " object that the snow cannot be a winding-sheet, ...
Robert Halley, 1844
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The Appeal: A Magazine for the People
At last, rousing himself from his reverie, with that firm voice which had ever commanded obedience, he said — "Prepare and bring to me my winding-sheet." It was immediately done as commanded, and the winding-sheet was unfolded before ...
‎1848
10
Design in Puritan American Literature
... exhaustion of a literary mode because in his poetry, which lacks tension, the poet refuses to grapple with his mind or his art.4 The other study complains that Taylor employs a peculiar jumble of emblems 2: The Winding Sheet of Meditative  ...
William J. Scheick, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINDING SHEET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term winding sheet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carbon nanotubes are being turned into stretchy artificial muscles
The group, led by Ray Baughman, made the fibres by winding sheets of carbon nanotubes around a rubber core while it was being stretched. When it was ... «TechRadar, Jul 15»
2
Pope venerates Shroud of Turin, in city of his migrant forbears
Pope Pius XII called it a “holy thing perhaps like nothing else,” while Pope Benedict XVI said “it is a winding sheet that was wrapped round the body of a man ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
3
The Internet Didn't Kill Music Scenes -- We Did
... the albums they put out in the early years, from Nirvana's Bleach to Mudhoney's Superfuzz Bigmuff to Mark Lanegan's The Winding Sheet, evinced the rough, ... «Diffuser.fm, May 15»
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The 15 Diseases of Leadership, According to Pope Francis
The fact is that we are not able to bring material goods with us when we leave this life, since “the winding sheet does not have pockets” and all our treasures will ... «blogs.hbr.org, Apr 15»
5
Scottish Gig Highlights – January 2015
... when he's joined by a full band to perform tracks from a discography which spirals down to his stripped back 1990 Sub Pop solo debut, The Winding Sheet. «The Skinny, Jan 15»
6
Just in From Scandinavia: Nordic Music Round-Up 12
The album showcases a moving, stately suite of songs which, while hinting at the creepiness of Winding Sheet-period Mark Lanegan, share a desolate grandeur ... «The Arts Desk, Nov 14»
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Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured …
I dreamed that the fighters were rolling my body in a winding sheet and lashing my ankles together with golden straw. In the days after this dream, I thought, ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
8
Mark Lanegan Heaves His Mountainous Voice Further Into New …
(Nirvana's unplugged version of Leadbelly's 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night,' as well as Lanegan's version from his 1990 solo debut 'The Winding Sheet,' both ... «Diffuser.fm, Oct 14»
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Mark Lanegan – Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989 …
Which is all well and good, but by this stage, Lanegan already had his first solo album under his belt, 1990's The Winding Sheet, and listening back to its ... «Uncut.co.uk, Feb 14»
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Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989–2011 Cian Traynor …
The first disc of Has God Seen My Shadow? draws from Lanegan's six solo albums, from 1990's The Winding Sheet to 2004's Bubblegum, while the second ... «The Quietus, Feb 14»

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