Sin'don, n.

noun

n. [Lat., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. σινδών, probably derived from Ἰνδός, Sinde.]

  1. A wrapper. [Obs.] “Wrapped in sindons of fine linen.” Bacon.
  2. (Surg.) A small piece of rag or round pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. Dunglison.