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shroud
[ shroud ]
noun
- a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
Synonyms: winding sheet
- something that covers or conceals like a garment:
a shroud of rain.
- Nautical. any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging.
- Also called shroud line. Aeronautics. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.
- Also called shrouding. Machinery.
- (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side.
- (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.
- Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to take shelter.
shroud
/ ʃraʊd /
noun
- a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body
- anything that envelops like a garment
a shroud of mist
- a protective covering for a piece of equipment
- astronautics a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch
- nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast
- any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway
- Also calledshroud line any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness
verb
- tr to wrap in a shroud
- tr to cover, envelop, or hide
- archaic.to seek or give shelter
Derived Forms
- ˈshroudless, adjective
Other Words From
- shroudless adjective
- shroudlike adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of shroud1
Example Sentences
So if you do see a shroud down the hallway, you might not want to run.
Dyar views VERITAS as one of a three-part campaign that would ideally peel back the planet’s yellow shroud—an orbiter, an atmospheric probe, and a lander.
Like most small drones, it integrates automatic obstacle avoidance and uses propeller shrouds to protect both the blades themselves and any objects, persons, or pets that might otherwise encounter them.
While in cruise flight, it pivots so that the propeller shrouds become wing-like, giving the craft an aerodynamic boost as it flies more like a fixed-wing aircraft than a helicopter.
Clouds of sulfuric acid shroud the surface from space-based observation, and the extreme heat and pressure destroy most electronics and landing gear in a very short time.
The shawl, we learn, weaves its way through Mexican life, from its use as a baby carrier to a shroud used to bury the dead.
People touched the yellow feather shroud, singing “Indian Red” as the transfer of the coffin to the vehicle was done.
They buried us without shroud or coffin And in August ... the barley grew up out of our grave.
The most famous ones are the Mandylion of Edessa, the Veronica and the Shroud of Turin.
Answering these questions we may come to know ourselves a little better, as well as the Shroud.
She telegraphed to her servants to strip her house of its summer shroud, and returned early on the day of his choice.
A great white shroud covered the corpse, closely outlining some of its contours.
This shroud was almost completely eaten away at one end, and left one of the feet visible.
Ward pulled the shroud back, revealing a horribly mangled body.
Wrapped in their fiery vesture and shroud of flame, they yet exulted in their glorious victory.
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