Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr?dan. See {Shroud}, n.]
   1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a
      winding sheet; to dress for the grave.

            The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
            number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
                                                  --Bacon.

   2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
      cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.

            One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
            shroud four hundred horsemen.         --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

            Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that
            light the skies, To shroud my shame.  --Dryden.

Shrouding \Shroud"ing\, n.
   The shrouds. See {Shroud}, n., 7.