shrouding


shroud

S0376500 (shroud)n.1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.3. a. Nautical One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.b. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.c. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.v. shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds v.tr.1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.2. a. To envelop and obscure or shut off from sight: Fog shrouded the city. See Synonyms at block.b. To envelop or be associated with and make difficult to understand: "Diabetes continued as a kind of underground disease, shrouded in myth and bereft of advocates" (James S. Hirsch).3. Archaic To shelter; protect.v.intr. Archaic To take cover; find shelter.
[Middle English schrud, garment, from Old English scrūd.]