MORT (4)

Mort, n. [[F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.]] 1. 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
2. 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. 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
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. H. Taylor.