Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin or Tachrichim that Jews are dressed in for burial.

What does it mean if something is shrouded?

transitive verb. 1a : to cut off from view : obscure trees shrouded by fog this point is shrouded in uncertainty— Henry James. b : to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising) shrouded the decision in a series of formalities. 2 : to dress for burial. 3a archaic : to cover for protection.

What is meant by funeral shroud?

n. 1. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. 2. something that covers, conceals, or protects: a shroud of darkness.