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Meanings of funeral pall in English
Spanish
paño de tumba 
Cloth which covers a casket or coffin during the funeral, often of rich materials.
Usage of funeral pall in English
1
A white border to a black sea-his funeral pall and its edging.
2
The bier of Brutus is Rome's funeral pall; He Minos seeks.
3
The following gentlemen held the cords of the funeral pall:-
4
A funeral pall was spread over Paris, once so gay.
5
Woe o'er the land hung like a funeral pall:
6
And in the meantime, what a funeral pall is lifted from the heart of the world!
7
A funeral pall settled over the group.
8
A second funeral pall was held by six coiffeurs of the corporation to which Jasmin had belonged.
9
A monte-table cover as a funeral pall.
10
What did it matter to him that the culprit was standing beside two corpses covered with a funeral pall?
11
By this time the entire sky was overspread with a funeral pall, and it was so dark that they could hardly see.
12
A dark and threatening prophecy had, even before its commencement, enwrapped Louis, his brethren, and his little army, in a funeral pall.
13
The smoke cloud, which always hovered over it, had increased until it hung like a funeral pall over the top of the volcano.
14
In the clear morning air, the smoke of the guns curled up lazily and hung like a funeral pall over the mangled, bleeding form.
15
There was a livid look upon the waters, and the atmosphere was heavy with heat; the sky to windward black as a funeral pall.
16
Presently the sun, which had risen bright and clear, was hid by it, and the golden sky was filled with the great funeral pall.