Definition of shroud

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Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

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Shroud :: Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage.
Cerement :: Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.
Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
Swifter :: Swifter (n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
Unshroud :: Unshroud (v. t.) To remove the shroud from; to uncover.
Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing..
Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate..
Shrouding :: Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrou.
Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..
Shroudy :: Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..
Shrouding :: Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7..
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