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• SHROUD (O. Eng. scrud, garment; cf. Icel. skrudh, in the secondary sense of rigging, allied with " shred," O. Eng. screade, a piece, strip)

SHROUD (O. Eng. scrud, garment; cf. Icel. skrudh, in the secondary sense of See also:

• RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

rigging, allied with " shred," O. Eng. screade, a piece, See also:

• STRIP

strip)  , originally a word meaning garment, clothing or covering, but now particularly applied to the garment in which a dead See also:

• BODY

body is wrapped preparatory to See also:

• BURIAL

burial, a winding See also:

• SHEET

sheet . The See also:

• SHROUD (O. Eng. scrud, garment; cf. Icel. skrudh, in the secondary sense of rigging, allied with " shred," O. Eng. screade, a piece, strip)

shroud is usually a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LINEN

linen sheet wrapping the entire body . This was formerly dipped in melted See also:

• WAX

wax (See also:

• LAT

Lat. cera), whence the name " cerecloth," often wrongly written cerecloth or searcloth and " cerements." In nautical usage the Icelandic meaning of skrudh, tackle, See also:

• RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

rigging of a See also:

• SHIP

ship, has been adopted in See also:

• ENGLISH

English; the " shrouds " of a ship are the set of See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes which stretch from the heads of a ship's masts to the sides as supports (see RIGGING) .