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    Other than on a dead body where would you find a shroud?

    Question #21320. Asked by jim. (Aug 11 02 7:31 PM)


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    		Sails on large ships are referred to as shrouds

    Aug 11 02, 7:52 PM
    Friar Tuck

    		Other than bieng a cloth used to wrap a body for burial or a winding sheet, it could be something that conceals, protects, or screens. For instance - under a shroud of fog. It could also be, nautically, one of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast, a similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure, or one of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute. - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entries/65/s0376500.html

    Aug 11 02, 8:45 PM

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