I. shroud 1 /ʃraʊd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: scrud ]
1 . a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person’s body before it is buried
2 . literary something that hides or covers something:
The fog rolled in, and a grey shroud covered the city.
shroud of
A shroud of silence surrounded the general’s death.
II. shroud 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive usually in passive] literary
1 . to cover or hide something:
Joseph was shrouded under a dark blanket.
be shrouded in something
The cliff was shrouded in mist.
2 . to keep information secret so that people do not know what really happened
be shrouded in something
The incident has always been shrouded in mystery.
The work is shrouded in secrecy.