shroud.
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Meaning & usage
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English shroud, from Old English sċrūd, from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą (“shroud, dress, attire”). Compare Proto-Germanic *skrūdijaną (“to shroud”). Cognate with Old Norse skrúð, Swedish skrud (“shroud”), Danish and Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire”)).
To cover with a shroud.
To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.
To take shelter or harbour.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schrouden (> Anglo-Latin scrudāre), from Middle English schroud (“shroud”) (see above).
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
Where this word comes from
Variant of shred.
To lop the branches from (a tree).
Where this word comes from
Variant of shred.
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