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- A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak),...
- within The Howff begin in the late 18th century. Prior to this records of mortcloth hire, a cloth rented out by the Guildry and Trades to cover bodies or...
- defined as property, special care being taken to leave behind rings, mortcloths, etc. Belatedly the Anatomy Act 1832 codified the use of bodies for dissection...