Burial shroud

This brings to mind an episode when I was a student nurse. The ward linen cupboard was actually a small room and on this particular day the lightbulb had blown. I was getting a patient ready for surgery and went into said cupboard to get him a theatre gown. He was somewhat surprised to find that in my fumbling in the dark I had picked up not a theatre gown but a shroud! Fortunately he had a good sense of humour and it certainly amused the other men in his bay.

When I was young I used to visit my grandma and being curious, was always nosing around.
One day I found a long white robe in a drawer and asked her what it was.
'My shroud,' she said, 'I'm going to be buried in it.'

I miss my Grandma.

I think you need something solid under a shroud for "handling" purposes - whether cremation or burial.

Do cemeteries have specific requirements?
Cremation is my choice.