"winding sheet" meaning in English

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        "A burial shroud."
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          "word": "winding cloth"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "word": "käärinliina"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "taiséadach"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "plaštánica",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плашта́ница"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pókrov",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
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          "word": "по́кров"
        },
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kefen",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "word": "كفن"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "całun"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sávan",
          "sense": "burial shroud",
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          "word": "са́ван"
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          "sense": "burial shroud",
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          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "word": "mrtvački pokrov"
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          "sense": "burial shroud",
          "word": "kefen"
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        "A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death."
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        "(historical) A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death."
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      "word": "winding cloth"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "word": "käärinliina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
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      "word": "taiséadach"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plaštánica",
      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плашта́ница"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pókrov",
      "sense": "burial shroud",
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      "word": "по́кров"
    },
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "word": "كفن"
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "całun"
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "са́ван"
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "word": "mrtvački pokrov"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "burial shroud",
      "word": "kefen"
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