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| shroud [ shrowd ] |
noun (plural shrouds) |
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1. burial cloth: a cloth in which a dead body is wrapped before burial
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2. covering: something that covers or conceals something or somebody
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3. protective covering: a protective covering, e.g. a guard for a piece of machinery
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4. nautical mast stay: any one of the supporting ropes or wires that extend down from the top of a mast to the deck
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5. aerospace protective covering for spacecraft: a shield that protects a spacecraft from heat during launch
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6. aerospace part of airfoil surface: a rearward extension of a fixed airfoil surface covering the leading edge of a movable surface hinged to it
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7. construction cable to stop sway: a supporting cable that extends from the top of a tall structure such as a smokestack to the ground
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8. aviation parachute line: any one of the lines by which the harness of a parachute is attached to the canopy
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transitive verb (past and past participle shroud·ed, present participle shroud·ing, 3rd person present singular shrouds) |
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1. cover or conceal something: to cover or conceal somebody or something
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2. wrap corpse: to wrap a dead body in a cloth
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| [ Old English scrūd "garment" < W Germanic, "to cut"] |
