Mors 200 Arts Final - Funeral Service Management and Merchandising Vocabulary Part 5

A finish used on casket exteriors that is free of gloss; dull lusterless surface; no shine or glass.

A style of casket interior in which the material is drawn or gathered in parallel fashion in a multiple needle head sewing process.

Created by gluing a tin layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to an inferior wood.

A twilled, napped, woolen or worsted fabric with a smooth lustrous face and dense texture; a fabric usually made of cotton, silk, or rayon woven in a plain or rib weave with a soft semi-gloss finish.

A removable metal unit that is placed inside a wooden casket shell or provide protective qualities.

The amount of illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot.

The portion of the casket upon which the deceased human remains are placed.

Particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue; the different types are distinguished by the size and shape of the particles of wood used.

The horizontal portion of the top of the body molding (body ledge) where the gasket is placed on gasketed caskets.

The illumination resulting from the glowing of a heated filament.

The portion of the casket interior which extends over the top body molding (body ledge) for aesthetic value.

Component part of the cap/lid that is constructed into caskets that display a cut top; provides strength/rigidity at the point of the transverse cut.

That portion of the casket shell containing the top body molding, body panel, base molding, and casket bottom.

An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies.

A ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the grave.

Illumination directly shining on an object.

A molding along the uppermost edge of the body panels.

The component parts of the casket comprised of the cap (lid) and body of the casket.

An excavation in the earth as a place for interment.

A method of closure that utilizes the air pressure created by placing the dome of the vault onto the base of the vault.

The ornament with raised work; to raise relief from the surface; material having designs raised above the surface.

A metal alloy consisting mainly of iron and carbon; used in caskets it is low in carbon which keeps it soft (mild) and malleable; commercially this contains carbon in an amount up to 1.7% as an essential alloying constituent.

A leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of death.

Copper metal rolled into sheets.

Reflected illumination of an object.