English-Finnish translations for shroud

• käärinliina
• kuolinvaate
• vaippa
  Taas pitää vaihtaa Elmerin vaippa, kun sinne on tullut iso kakka.
  rakennuksen vaippa
  Maan vaippa
• vantti

Definition of shroud

• That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment
• Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet
• That which covers or shelters like a shroud
• A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt
• A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways
• To cover with a shroud
• To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud
• To take shelter or harbour
• The branching top of a tree; foliage
• To lop the branches from (a tree

Examples

• The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
• The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.

Related words

• shrouded
• enshroud
• shroud tube
• shrouded propeller
• futtock shroud