[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. | Nautical. 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 called shroud line. Aeronautics. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy. |
| 5. | Also called shrouding. Machinery.
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| 6. | Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle. |
| 7. | to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud. |
| 8. | to cover; hide from view. |
| 9. | to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget. |
| 10. | to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud. |
| 11. | Obsolete. to shelter. |
| 12. | Archaic. to take shelter. |
