Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shrouded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shrouding.]
[Cf. AS. scr?dan. See Shroud, n.]
1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a
winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
--Bacon.
2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
shroud four hundred horsemen. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that
light the skies, To shroud my shame. --Dryden.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |