shroud
noun
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
Example Sentences
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The upgrade includes tarted up air-inlet shrouds on the side and louvered panels in the front wings, notionally to help evacuate air pressure at high speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
To minimize the psychological distress of the families during the burial process, Pourzahedian said he used cotton and paper to reconstruct the physical form of the victims within the shrouds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
An AFP correspondent in Spin Boldak said they saw hundreds of people attending funerals on Thursday, including for children whose bodies were wrapped in white shrouds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Rescuers could not find enough funeral shrouds for all the bodies.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Then he draped the body in the traditional seven white linen shrouds, called the kafan.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
