shroud

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

shroud (shroud)n.
1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens:
under a shroud of fog.
3.
a. Nautical. One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
b. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.
c. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.v. shroud·ed, shroud·ing, shroudsv. tr.
1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
2. To shut off from sight; screen. See Synonyms at block.
3. Archaic. To shelter; protect.v. intr. Archaic
To take cover; find shelter. [Middle English schrud, garment, from Old English scrūd.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pall, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes, sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, enshroud, hide, cover