单词 | shroud line |
释义 | shroud line in British English (ˈʃraʊd laɪn) noun another name for shroud (sense 7) shroud in British English (ʃraʊd) noun 1. a garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a dead body 2. anything that envelops like a garment a shroud of mist 3. a protective covering for a piece of equipment 4. astronautics a streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch 5. nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast 6. any of a set of wire cables stretched between a smokestack or similar structure and the ground, to prevent side sway 7. Also called: shroud line any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness verb 8. (transitive) to wrap in a shroud 9. (transitive) to cover, envelop, or hide 10. archaic to seek or give shelter Derived forms shroudless (ˈshroudless) adjective Word origin Old English scrūd garment; related to Old Norse skrūth gear |
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