Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.]
1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death
of game.
The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |