winding sheet

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A burial shroud.
2. isim A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death.

   “He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.”