Shroud
WordNet
noun
(1) Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
(2) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(3) A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
verb
(4) Wrap in a shroud
"Shroud the corpses"
(5) Cover as if with a shroud
"The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
(6) Form a cover like a shroud
"Mist shrouded the castle"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Old English scrūd, cognate with Old Norse ( > Danish, Norwegian ).
Noun
- 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.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
- A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
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- One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.