n. & v.
--n.
1. a sheetlike garment for wrapping a corpse for burial.
2 anything that conceals like a shroud (wrapped in a shroud of mystery).
3 (in pl.) Naut. a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging and supporting the mast or topmast.
--v.tr.
1. clothe (a body) for burial.
2 cover, conceal, or disguise (hills shrouded in mist).
Phrases and idioms:
shroud-laid (of a rope) having four strands laid right-handed on a core.
Derivatives:
shroudless adj.
Etymology: OE scrud f. Gmc: see SHRED