/sear"klawth', -kloth'/ , n. , pl. cerecloths /-klawdhz', -klodhz', -klawths', -kloths'/ .
1. cloth coated or impregnated with wax so as to be waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead, for bandages, etc.
2. a piece of such cloth.
[ 1400-50; late ME; earlier cered cloth; see CERE 2 ]