mortstand

Scots

Alternative forms

• mort stand

Noun

mortstand (plural mortstands)

1. A collection of liturgical garments and altar linens designed for use during funeral services.

References

• “mort-stand, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.