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Meanings of shroud in English

Russian
саван
Portuguese
sudário
Spanish
sudario
Catalan
sudari
Wikidata

Cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.

        саван
        Portuguese
        brandái

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

              brandái
              Portuguese
              mortalha
              Catalan
              obenc
              Spanish
              obenque

              Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.

                    mortalha
                    Portuguese
                    envolver
                    Catalan
                    amortallar

                    Cover as if with a shroud.

                          envolver
                          Usage of shroud in English
                          1
                          I'm not sure who said 'there are no pockets in a shroud'.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          When the bands of the shroud have been loosened the people say:-
                          The Faith of Islam
                          3
                          The sky was wrapped in its evening shroud of deep, mysterious darkness.
                          Tales of the Wilderness
                          4
                          The shroud application represents one of the first, practical uses for FALCON.
                          Wired
                          5
                          My iron shroud contracted round me; persuasion advanced with slow sure step.
                          Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
                          6
                          She carried Wistan, wrapped in a shroud of blankets, in her arms.
                          The river kings' road
                          7
                          His blunt words settle like a shroud over the rest of us.
                          The Storyteller
                          8
                          Who was it under the vaults, in the shroud, between the planks?
                          Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
                          9
                          It was the skeleton of his wife in her yet unmoulded shroud.
                          Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
                          10
                          He was surprised to find drops of moisture falling on the shroud.
                          Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
                          11
                          By degrees, a buried dread in his brain threw off its shroud.
                          Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
                          12
                          Bead-work, the most ornate, expensive blankets and ribbons comprise the funeral shroud.
                          A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of t...
                          13
                          Who is that in his shroud beneath the tree by the stream?
                          The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
                          14
                          England is in her shroud,-wemay not enchain ourselves to a corpse.
                          The Last Man
                          15
                          In the flickering light, she looked as if she wore a shroud.
                          Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
                          16
                          And the Turin shroud was a single garment for the whole body.
                          Cross Bones
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