Definitions for shroud
Overview of noun shroud
The noun shroud has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shroud
(a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute)
2. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
((nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind)
3. pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
(burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)
Overview of verb shroud
The verb shroud has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
(cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery")
2. shroud
(form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle")
3. shroud
(wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses")
