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

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment..

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

Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

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

Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..

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

Shrouding :: Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7..

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

Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..

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..

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..

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

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

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.

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.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

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