sindon

Herodotus says the mummy cloths were of “byssine sindon,” which may be translated “linen cloth.”

Instead of the plural are, Old English had beoth and sind or sindon, same as the German sind.

Their only dress is a sindon or cloak, out of which they put forth one arm.

The material used, in addition to sendal, was worsted, sindon and cloth of Aylsham.

Serapion the Sindonite was so called because he wore nothing but a sindon, or linen shirt.