to pall

Examples

• All

• Traditionally, mourners would pall the casket as a sign of respect.

• They decided to pall the coffin with a black cloth.

• At the funeral, they quietly palled the remains with a deep blue fabric.

• Can you help me pall the coffin tomorrow?

• During the funeral, they chose to pall the coffin with a beautiful silk cloth.

• The ceremony began as the family gathered to pall their loved one's coffin with flowers and fabric.

• In somber silence, the priest instructed them to pall the casket before the burial.

Synonyms

C

to crepe

vsto pall

• Archaic

1 9.9

To cover something with black cloth as a sign that someone has died

is used mainly for placing a funeral cloth on a coffin

C

to crape

vsto pall

• UK

9.9

To cover something with a soft thin fabric as a sign of mourning

is specifically about covering a coffin with a funeral cloth

C

to cere

vsto pall

• Archaic

9.9

To wrap a dead body in waxed cloth for burial

focuses on covering coffins rather than wrapping bodies for burial

Antonyms

U

to uncover

37 2.7

Remove a cover to show what is under it

Idioms

C

to cast a pall

4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

Compounds

P

pall of smoke

1 7.3

A thick cloud of smoke that makes it hard to see

P

Pall Mall

8.1

A street in central London with old private clubs and elegant buildings

P

pall-mall

• Archaic

9.9

An old lawn game where people hit a wooden ball with a mallet along an alley

Surface Forms

Etymology