mortcloth

\\ˈmȯrtˌklȯth\ noun

Etymology: obsolete English mort death (from Middle French, from Latin mort-, mors) + English cloth — more at mortal

1. chiefly Scotland : a funeral pall

let the bedclothes, for a mortcloth, drop into great laps and folds of sculptor's work — Robert Browning

2. Scotland : money paid for the use of a pall