shroud

Noun

• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

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

• a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute

Verb

• wrap in a shroud
  • shroud the corpses
    

• form a cover like a shroud
  • Mist shrouded the castle
    

• cover as if with a shroud
  • The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pall , cerement , winding-sheet , winding-clothes , sheet , tack , mainsheet , weather sheet , enshroud , hide , cover