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Definition of: shroud

(shroud) noun
1. A dress or garment for the dead; winding sheet.
2. Something that envelops or conceals like a garment.
v.t.

1. To dress for the grave; clothe in a shroud.
2. To envelop, as with a garment.
3. Archaic To shelter.
v.i.

4. Obs. To take shelter; go under cover; also, to gather together, as beasts, for warmth. See synonyms under MASK1. [OE scrūd a garment]
—shroud′less
adjective

Definition of: shroud

(shroud) noun
1. Naut. a One of a set of ropes fitted in pairs and constituting part of the standing rigging of a vessel; specifically, one of the ropes, often of wire, stretched from a masthead to the sides or rims of a top, serving as means of ascent and as a lateral strengthening stays to the masts. b One of a pair or set of stay ropes or chains to give lateral support to a topmast, bowsprit, etc.
2. A guy, as a support for a smokestack: usually in the plural.
3. One of the supporting ropes attached to the edges of a parachute canopy. [<SHROUD1]
shroudSHROUDS
a. Chain plates.
b. Shrouds.
c. Swifter.
d. Deadeyes.
e. Lanyards.
f. Ratlines.
g. Topmast backstays.

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