shroud
2
8.2
- noun
- /ʃraʊd/
- Specialized
- As the parachute deployed, the shroud lines stretched out to stabilize the descent.
Examples
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All we needed here was a couple of shrouds.
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Secure the shrouds!
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I'll put the shroud back on.
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There is still a plastic shroud above the fin stack.
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The entire crew is clinging to the rail and standing on the shrouds.
Fiction book (1992) -
Man the shrouds!
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Into the shrouds!
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Shrouds secured!
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Then a flicker, and the forward shrouds sprang out, orange-red lines against the sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
New York City's spires jutted from misty shrouds as wind sliced into the matching cap and coat.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
19
8.3
A stiff strip in clothing or a rope that gives support
A rope or wire near the top of a sailboat mast that holds it steady
A rope or wire attached partway up a mast between other ropes to help keep the mast steady
A rope or chain that supports the topmast by running from the platform edge to shrouds below
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A rope or chain that supports the topmast by running from the platform edge to shrouds below
- Jargon
A rope or wire attached partway up a mast between other ropes to help keep the mast steady
- Literature
News reporting that focuses on sadness and shock to get attention
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shroud as the rope that supports a mast comes from the same old English scrūd meaning 'garment'. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine the ropes as 'clothing' that wrap and hold the mast in place.