shroud

shroud (shroud)

1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.

2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.

a. Nautical One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.

b. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.

c. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

v. shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds

v.tr.

1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.

2. To shut off from sight; screen. See Synonyms at block.

3. Archaic To shelter; protect.

v.intr. Archaic

To take cover; find shelter.

[Middle English schrud, garment, from Old English scrd.]

shroud

Noun

1. a piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body

2. anything that hides things: a shroud of smoke

Verb

to hide or obscure (something): shrouded in uncertainty, shrouded by smog [Old English scrūd garment]

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Noun	1.	shroud - a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line" chute, parachute - rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
	2.	shroud - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind mainsheet, weather sheet, tack, sheet sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor futtock shroud - shroud that is part of a ship's rigging line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line" ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
	3.	shroud - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped cerement, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, pall burial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
Verb	1.	shroud - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" enshroud, hide, cover enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
	2.	shroud - form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle" spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	3.	shroud - wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses" wrap, wrap up - arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"