b. Any ecclesiastical vestment (pl. -clothes). b. Any cloth used in the service of the church. c. The parish shroud.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 163. Þe chirche cloðes ben to-brokene, and ealde.
1585. Vestry Bks. (Surtees), 20. Washinge the churche clothes, vd.
1632. Chapman, Ball, II. i. Thou mayst be buried, And have the church-cloth: if you can put in Security, the parish shall be put To no more charge.
