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noun \ˈshrau̇d, especially Southern ˈsrau̇d\

Simple Definition of shroud

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

1 obsolete : shelter, protection
2 : something that covers, screens, or guards: asa : one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan beddingb : a usually fiberglass guard that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching
3 : burial garment : winding-sheet, cerement
4a : one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship's mastheads to give lateral support to the mastsb : one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy

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Middle English, garment, from Old English scrūd; akin to Old English scrēade shred — more at shred

First Known Use: 14th century

verb

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

1a archaic : to cover for protectionb obsolete : conceal
2a : to cut off from view : obscure <trees shrouded by fog> <this point is shrouded in uncertainty — Henry James>b : to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising) <shrouded the decision in a series of formalities>
3 : to dress for burial
intransitive verb
archaic : to seek shelter