At Does Shroud Mean?

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

What does shroud mean?

1 : the cloth placed over or around a dead body. 2 : something that covers or hides a shroud of secrecy. shroud. verb. shrouded; shrouding.

What does a shroud do?

Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed in for burial.