shroud: Meaning and Definition of

shroud

1. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
2. something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain.
3. any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging.
4. Also calledany of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.
5. Also called
1. (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side.
2. (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.
6. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.

1. to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.
2. to cover; hide from view.
3. to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget.
4. to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud.
5. to shelter.

1. to take shelter.