shroud

v. wrap in cerements, wrap a corpse in a burial cloth; conceal, obscure, screen from view

n. 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

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, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed for burial. Traditionally, burial shrouds are made of wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre.
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Noun
1. a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
(hypernym) line
(part-holonym) parachute, chute
2. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(synonym) sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) futtock shroud
(part-holonym) ship
(classification) seafaring, navigation, sailing
3. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
(synonym) pall, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
(hypernym) burial garment
Verb
1. cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
(synonym) enshroud, hide, cover
(hypernym) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
(derivation) pall, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
2. form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
(hypernym) cover, spread over
(derivation) pall, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
3. wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
(hypernym) wrap, wrap up
(derivation) pall, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes

(v. t.)
To lop. See Shrood.
  

(v. i.)
To take shelter or harbor.
  

(n.)
To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
  

(n.)
To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
  

(n.)
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
  

(n.)
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
  

(n.)
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
  

(n.)
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
  

(n.)
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
  

(n.)
A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
  

(n.)
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
  

To dream of a shroud, denotes sickness and its attendant distress and anxiety, coupled with the machinations of the evil-minded and false friends. Business will threaten decline after this dream.

To see shrouded corpses, denotes a multitude of misfortunes.

To see a shroud removed from a corpse, denotes that quarrels will result in alienation.