shroud

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.

A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.

One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

To cover with a shroud.

To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.

“The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.”

To take shelter or harbour.

The branching top of a tree; foliage.

To lop the branches from (a tree).