Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cerecloth \Cere"cloth`\, n. [L. cera wax + E. cloth.]
   A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or
   glutinous matter.

         Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth.
                                                  --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

cerecloth
     n : a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud