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

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..

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.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

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

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..

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

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..

Shroudless :: Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.

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

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

Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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