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mortcloth Sc.|ˈmɔːtklɒθ, -ɔː-|
[f. mort n.1 + cloth n.]
1. A funeral pall.
(Used by Carlyle in the sense of: Funeral hangings.)
1511Acc. Ld. Treas. Scotl. (1902) IV. 195, xvj elnis iij quartaris blak weluus to be ane mort claitht, to ly one King James the Secundis tumbe. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Club) I. 43 Haveing above his chist a rich mortcloath of black velvet. 1678Calderwood Hist. Ch. Scot. 826 It was reported that they were to use a white cloth above the mort-cloth [at a funeral in 1579]... Answer was returned, that the mort-cloth should be covered with black velvet. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 80 Certain dues for the proclamation of banns, the use of the mort-cloth..and other casualties. 18..Hogg Tales & Sk. (1837) II. 189 When I saw the mortclaith drawn off the coffin. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. ii. vi, The vast Champ-de-Mars wholly hung round with black mortcloth.
2. Fees paid for the use of a pall.
1794Statist. Acc. Scotl. XI. 452 The fund for their support arises from..the weekly collections..mortcloths, proclamation money [etc.]. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scot. ii. xiv. 457 In 1762 the schoolmaster of Banff derived part of his salary from the town's bells and Mort Cloth.
3. attrib. and Comb.
1768Parish Rec. Leslie in Small Hist. U.P. Congreg. (1904) I. 280 Mortcloth dues for Mr James Clunie. 1902A. Thomson Lauder & Lauderdale vii. 83 Alexander Creze was mortcloth keeper. |
