SHROUD

(HIDE) [verb] [T] - to hide (something) by covering or surrounding itMany visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle. [T]Because of restoration work, many of the historic buildings in the old town are shrouded in scaffolding.Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness.Skiing was impossible because the mountains were shrouded in fog.The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.(figurative) Her reason for confessing to a crime that she never committed remains shrouded in (= not able to be known because of) mystery.(figurative) Her whereabouts have been shrouded in (= not able to be known because of) secrecy since she received the death threat.