shroud
sh rowd
- n a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- n (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- n burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- v cover as if with a shroud
The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery - v form a cover like a shroud
Mist shrouded the castle - v wrap in a shroud
shroud the corpses
- The shroud's pattern shows trickles of blood from the wrists at angles of both 65 and go degrees a fact which could be explained by such writhing, but which a forger would be .
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- In 1171 William, Archbishop of Tyre, mentioned such a shroud in Constantinople.