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shroud Definition

shroud (s̸hro̵ud)

noun

  1. a cloth used to wrap a corpse for burial; winding sheet
  2. something that covers, protects, or screens; veil; shelter
  3. any of a set of ropes or wires stretched from a ship's side to a masthead to offset lateral strain on the mast
  4. any of the set of lines from the canopy of a parachute to the harness

Etymology: ME schroude < OE scrud, akin to ON skrud, accouterments, cloth, OE screade, shred

transitive verb

  1. to wrap (a corpse) in a shroud
  2. to hide from view; cover; screen
  3. Archaic to shelter and protect

intransitive verb

Archaic to take shelter

shroud Synonyms

shroud

n.

winding sheet, covering, graveclothes, cerements, cerecloth, pall; see also cloth, cover 1.

shroud Usage Examples

Object

  • figure: A shrouded figure has been snapped climbing the Tulip staircase at the Queens House in Greenwich.
  • tree: A thick mist shrouded the trees of Pirang forest first thing this morning, confining a Wahlberg's Eagle to its roosting branch.

Adjective modifier

  • woolen: Designed to benefit the woolen industry, all dead were to be buried in woolen shrouds with a fine imposed for non-compliance.
  • black: The fear flowed after her, like a black shroud, flapping in the wind.
  • white: The body is then washed and wrapped in a white linen shroud.

Modifying Another Word

  • frequently: Its golden domes suddenly rise from the mist that frequently shrouds visiting cruise ships.
  • completely: That mystery which surrounds the word in the natural world shrouds only too completely its spiritual import.
  • still: Still shrouded in clouds of woe I went to the count.
  • often: That they are often shrouded in light mists makes them appear all the more mysterious.

Noun used with modifier

  • burial: A state with a new rusty iron curtain would become a burial shroud for Russia.
  • linen: The body is then washed and wrapped in a white linen shroud.
  • radiator: It may be helpful to remove the radiator shroud in order to have room to remove the fan from the engine bay.
  • fan: Unbolt the fan shroud from the radiator ( top two screws ).

Preposition: in

  • secrecy: The special recipe has been shrouded in secrecy within the Guinness family for hundreds of years.
  • mist: Whiskey's history is shrouded now in the mists of time.
  • mystery: The origin of the compass is shrouded in mystery.
  • obscurity: The origin of Methodism in Flash is shrouded in obscurity, .
  • scaffolding: It lingered, shrouded in scaffolding, its future uncertain for five years.
  • fog: I'm reminded of a post-industrial Angkor Wat, or the islands of the Andaman Coast near Phuket shrouded in fog.

Preposition: of

secrecy: The shroud of secrecy covering these contacts was demanded by Renamo, he said.

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