ˈmȯrtˌklȯth noun
Etymology: obsolete English mort death (from Middle French, from Latin mort-, mors ) + English cloth — more at mortal
1. chiefly Scotland : a funeral pall
let the bedclothes, for a mortcloth , drop into great laps and folds of sculptor's work — Robert Browning
2. Scotland : money paid for the use of a pall