sindon ['sindәn]
n.
<古>(尤指用以做尸衣的)优质布料
Sindon \Sin"don\, n. [L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff,
Gr. ???.]
1. A wrapper. [Obs.] ``Wrapped in sindons of linen.''
--Bacon.
2. (Surg.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in
the cranium made by a trephine. --Dunglison.