shroud (plural shrouds) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. Every time we came a research area, we had to pause while the scientists threw grey over prototypes that I wasn’t to see. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. More @Wikipedia
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