{f} wrap in cerements, wrap a corpse in a burial cloth; conceal, obscure, screen from view
{i} burial cloth, sheet used to wrap a body for burial, cerement; covering, something that covers like a shroud; one of the ropes supporting a ship's mast
If darkness, fog, or smoke shrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see. Mist shrouded the outline of Buckingham Palace
A pair of ropes, although sometimes occurring singly, used to steady a mast to the side of a hull Connected to the head of the mast they form part of the standing rigging of a ship
a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses" cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle
The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts
One of a set of strong ropes extending on each side of a masthead to the sides of a ship to support a mast laterally Shrouds take their name from the spars they support
A cable or rod that supports the mast sidewise Shrouds run from the chainplates at deck level on the port and starboard side, to the hounds just below the top of the mast
If something has been shrouded in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available. For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery. the secrecy which has shrouded the whole affair
You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a shroud of something. a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy
Linen fragment that for centuries was said to be the burial garment of Jesus. It has been preserved since 1578 in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy. Measuring 14 ft 3 in. by 3 ft 7 in. (4.3 m by 1.1 m), it appears to portray images of the back and front of a gaunt, sunken-eyed man. The images contain markings that correspond to the stigmata and stains presumed to be blood. It emerged historically in 1354 and went on exhibition in 1389, first as a representation of the true shroud and eventually as the genuine article. In 1988 independent tests determined that the cloth was made 1260-1390
{i} woven cloth that has been kept since the late 1500s in the Turin Cathedral (Italy) that has a faint life-size image of the back and front of a man believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus
when people, especially doctors or politicians, publicly criticize the quality of medical care in the British National Health Service, in order to make the government provide more money for it
{i} Shroud of Turin, woven cloth that has been kept since the late 1500s in the Turin Cathedral (Italy) that has a faint life-size image of the back and front of a man believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus
a piece of cloth which is believed by some people to have covered the dead body of Jesus Christ after he had been crucified and to be marked with an image of his face. But scientists who tested the cloth using carbon dating methods believe that it is not as old as that
A piece of standing rigging, shrouds run from the deck to the top of the mast, providing mast stability Shrouds originate from the outside (port and starboard) edge of the boat
Wire side stays running from the upper part of the mast to both the starboard and port sides of the boat The forestay and shrouds form a triangle which supports the mast in an upright position
Part of the standing rigging The lines or cables, running aloft from the deck to points on the masts, used to support a mast from side to side (port to starboard)
Run from the top of the mast to the port (left) and starboard (right) side of the hull to give sideways support
shroud
التركية النطق
şraud
النطق
/ˈsʜroud/ /ˈʃraʊd/
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[ 'shraud, esp Southern ' ] (noun.) 14th century. Old English scrūd, cognate with Old Norse skrúð (“the shrouds of a ship”) ( > Danish, Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire”)).