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Meaning of shroud in English
Pronunciation
/ʃraʊd/
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Verb
shroud
Definitions
1.
cover as if with a shroud
Examples
« The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery »
2.
form a cover like a shroud
Examples
« Mist shrouded the castle »
3.
wrap in a shroud
Examples
« shroud the corpses »
Noun
shroud
Etymology
late Old English scrūd ‘garment, clothing’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘cut’; related to shred. An early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘cover so as to protect’
Definitions
1.
a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
2.
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
3.
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped