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Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

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..

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..

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See Shrood.

Shrouded :: Shrouded (a.) Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Shrouded :: Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shrou.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Unshroud :: Unshroud (v. t.) To remove the shroud from; to uncover.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage.

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..

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.

Beshroud :: Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

Shrouding :: Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrou.

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