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—shroudless, adj. —shroudlike, adj./shrowd/, n.1. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.2. something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain.3. Naut. 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.4. Also called shroud line. Aeron. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.5. Also called shrouding. Mach.a. (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side.b. (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.6. Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.v.t.7. to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.8. to cover; hide from view.9. to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget.10. to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud.11. Obs. to shelter.v.i.12. Archaic. to take shelter.[bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE scrud; c. ON skruth; akin to SHRED; (v.) ME shrouden, deriv. of the n.; r. ME shriden, OE scrydan, deriv. of scrud]Syn. 1. winding sheet. 8. conceal, screen.
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Universalium. 2010.