Word Finder - shroud

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That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

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That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

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A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.

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A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.

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One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

People are buried in simple caskets or a shroud.

The body is then washed and wrapped in a white linen shroud.

When the troops finally returned, a pall of disappointment hung over them like a shroud.

It was sculpted from life but shows him in his shroud.

Never, said those who wrapped her in her shroud, had any living creature been so emaciated and lived.

The shroud of secrecy covering these contacts was demanded by Renamo, he said.

Manuchehr Khan's mother grew uneasy at the word " shroud.

On Zs, this is a complete one piece black plastic shroud with a honeycomb grille.

But the issue did not have heft, did not wrap itself in the shadowy shroud of the father.

It may be helpful to remove the radiator shroud in order to have room to remove the fan from the engine bay.

In the controversy on the authenticity of the Holy Shroud (sudario) at Turin, he worked in the true scientific spirit by tracing back the history of that piece of stuff, which was undoubtedly used as a shroud, but which was not produced before the 14th century and is probably no older (See Le Saint Suaire de Lirey-ChamberyTurin et les defenseurs de son authenticite).

Manuchehr Khan 's mother grew uneasy at the word shroud.

The shroud completely supports the tubing, reducing stress on the fragile hose barb.

The fear flowed after her, like a black shroud, flapping in the wind.

A state with a new rusty iron curtain would become a burial shroud for Russia.

If the individual dies in Israel, the body will be buried in the shroud without a coffin.

For much of the contemporary western world, body scarification remains hidden behind a shroud of mystery.

Gamaliel himself had given directions that his body was to be wrapped in the simplest possible shroud.

Following the purification process, the body is wrapped in a white burial shroud.

For best results parents must strive to allow their kids plenty of fun and carefree experiences out from under the shroud of divorce.

John also has access to secondary weapons, Holy Water Bombs, Screech Beetles and Moses Shroud.

The body is wrapped in a white burial shroud called a tachrichim, and men are also wrapped in their prayer shawl called a tallits.

The stainless steel shroud has a 25-year warranty and many of the other parts have a 2-10 year warranty.

It is, however, highly probable that he meant to strike at London if naval affairs went well, but that he was glad to have at hand an alternative which would shroud a maritime failure under military laurels.

The "sudario" from which it takes its name is asserted to be the shroud in which Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus.