shroud
noun
- part of sailing ship
verb
- cover with a shroud
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹaʊ̯d/ / /ˈʃɹæʊ̯d/ / /ˈʃɹaːd/
noun
Etymology: Variant of shred.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
“Behold, the Assyrian was a Cedar in Lebanon with faire branches, and with a shadowing shrowd, and of an hie stature, and his top was among the thicke boughes.”
verb
Etymology: Variant of shred.
- To lop the branches from (a tree).