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English → English (gcide) Definition: Mort cloth Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase. [1913 Webster] 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. [1913 Webster] The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle. Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor. [1913 Webster]