shroud
Concealing burial cloth
A shroud is a cloth used to wrap a dead body for burial.
The word extends to anything that covers or conceals: a shroud of fog, shrouded in mystery.
On sailing ships, shrouds are ropes or cables supporting the mast.
To shroud is to cover or hide from view: Mountains shrouded the valley in shadow.
Fabric that obscures
cover · secrecy · camouflage · screen · eclipse · obfuscation · smokescreen · disguise
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- funeralService honoring the dead
- graveSerious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
tombstone · crypt · mortuary · embalm · pallbearer · interment · mausoleum · sepulcher
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
memorial · remembrance · dirge · requiem · condolence · weeping · black · funeral
Waterproof protective sheeting
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- wrapEnclose by winding around
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- sheathProtective blade covering
swathe · plastic · protective · waterproof · dustcover · dropcloth · membrane · barrier
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
spectral · haunting · eerie · supernatural · otherworldly · incorporeal · spirit · revenant
Principal vessel canvas
- jibTriangular sail forward
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- genoaOversized forward sail
- halyardSail-hoisting tackle
mast · rigging · ratlines · forestay · backstay · standing · running · rope
Something hard to fathom
- secretsConcealed information
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
occult · inscrutable · mystique · hidden · impenetrable · unfathomable · opaque · veiled
veil
Fabric that obscures
obscure · cover · secrecy · camouflage · screen · eclipse · obfuscation · smokescreen · disguise · shadow
coffin
Burial container for remains
cemetery · tombstone · crypt · mortuary · embalm · pallbearer · interment · mausoleum · sepulcher · winding-sheet
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
widow · memorial · remembrance · dirge · requiem · condolence · weeping · black · funeral · death
tarpaulin
Waterproof protective sheeting
sheath · swathe · plastic · protective · waterproof · dustcover · dropcloth · membrane · barrier · layer
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
ethereal · spectral · haunting · eerie · supernatural · otherworldly · incorporeal · spirit · revenant · pale
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
halyard · mast · rigging · ratlines · forestay · backstay · standing · running · rope · line
enigma
Something hard to fathom
arcane · occult · inscrutable · mystique · hidden · impenetrable · unfathomable · opaque · veiled · cloaked
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- death symbolsskull, skeleton, coffin, tombstone, gravestone
- ancient textilestextile, weaving, loom, looms, spinning
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- obscurityinvisibility, anonymity, concealment, hiddenness, obscurity
- Islamic funeralsburial, funeral prayer, ritual washing, white cloth, white garments
- burial shroud
- holy shroudConsecrated burial wrapping
- death shroud
- funeral shroudBurial cloth for bodies
- white shroudPale burial garment
- Shroud of TurinContested burial fabric relic
shrouded, enshroud, shrouds, shrouding, enshrouded, unshrouded, unshrouding, enshrouding, enshrouds