shroud¹ /shrowd/

1. A garment or piece of cloth used to wrap a corpse, a winding sheet
2. A garment, clothes (obsolete)
3. An enveloping or protective covering, screen, shelter, or shade
4. (in pl) a set of ropes from the masthead to a ship's sides to give lateral support to the mast
5. An extension from the rear of a fixed aerofoil surface covering the leading edge of eg a flap hinged to it (aeronautics)
6. A streamlined covering used to protect the payload during launch (space)
7. An extension of the metal parts in electrical devices (subject to high voltages) to protect the insulating dielectric (telecommunications)

1. To enclose in a shroud
2. To cover, envelop
3. To hide
4. To shelter

To take shelter

shroudˈed adjective

shroudˈing noun and adjective

shroudˈless adjective

Without a shroud

shroudˈy adjective

Giving shelter

shroud-laidˈ adjective

(of a rope) having four strands twisted round a central strand or heart

shroud line noun

Any one of the cords of a parachute by which the load is suspended from the canopy

shroud² /shrowd/ (dialect)

1. (usu in pl) a branch
2. Loppings

To lop

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