Definition of shroud

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• shroud is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• shroud is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• shroud is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of shroud

• (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. mainsheet
  2. sheet
  3. tack
  4. weather sheet
• cover as if with a shroud (verb)

  Examples

  1. The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery

  Synonyms

  1. cover
  2. enshroud
  3. hide
• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cerement
  2. pall
  3. winding-clothes
  4. winding-sheet
• a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute (noun)
• form a cover like a shroud (verb)

  Examples

  1. Mist shrouded the castle
• wrap in a shroud (verb)

  Examples

  1. shroud the corpses

See definition of shroud in Merriam Webster