Why this word is great
CERECLOTH — [Noun] A cloth impregnated with wax, historically used to enshroud the dead. From Middle English cered cloth, from cere ("to wax," from Latin cera) + cloth. Unlike "cerement" (which denotes any burial garment) or "shroud" (a blanket term for death-wrappings), cerecloth is defined by its sticky, impermeable seal—the practical alchemy of wax and linen conspiring to delay decay. It is the dull gleam of candlelight on a corpse’s cocoon, the faint medicinal scent of beeswax mingling with mortality, the way fingers leave no print on its stiffened surface. A final barrier, not against death, but against the indignity of what comes after.