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shroud line

Variant of shroud

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
    in full shroud line

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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