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Synonyms
shroud (shroud)

[Middle English schrud, garment, from Old English scrūd.]

noun 

  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.
    1. Nautical One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
    2. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.
    3. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

verb: shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shrouds. 

transitive verb 

  1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
  2. To shut off from sight; screen. See synonyms at block
  3. Archaic To shelter; protect.

intransitive verb 

Archaic
To take cover; find shelter.