a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial

he was buried in a linen shroud

a thing that envelops or obscures something

a shroud of mist

they operate behind a shroud of secrecy

a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast

wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial

the body was washed and shrouded

cover or envelop so as to conceal from view

mountains shrouded by cloud

the mystery which shrouds the origins of the universe