- shroud (n.)
- Old English scrud "a garment, clothing," from West Germanic *skruthan, from Proto-Germanic *skrud- "cut" (cf. Old Norse skruð "shroud of a ship," Danish, Swedish skrud "dress, attire"), variant of *skreud- "to cut," related to Old English screade (see shred (n.)). Meaning "cloth or sheet for burial" first attested 1560s.
- shroud (v.)
- c.1300, "to clothe," from shroud (n.). Meaning "to hide from view, conceal" (transitive) is attested from early 15c. Related: Shrouded; shrouding.