shrouded

shrouded
a) Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
b) Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud.

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  • Shrouded — Shroud ed, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. [1913 Webster] {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shrouded — index blind (concealed), clandestine, covert, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impalpable, inconspicuous …   Law dictionary

  • shrouded — adj. shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) * * * shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Shrouded — Shroud Shroud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr?dan. See {Shroud}, n.] 1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave. [1913 Webster] The ancient Egyptian… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shrouded gear — Shrouded Shroud ed, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. [1913 Webster] {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shrouded in mystery — index esoteric, inexplicable, problematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Shrouded tidal turbine — An emerging tidal stream technology is the shrouded tidal turbine enclosed in a Venturi shaped shroud or duct producing a sub atmosphere of low pressure behind the turbine, allowing the turbine to operate at higher efficiency (than the Betz limit …   Wikipedia

  • shrouded — Synonyms and related words: armored, buried, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, concealed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, guarded, hidden,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • shrouded — adj. concealed, covered, obscured; wrapped in cerements, wrapped in a burial cloth ʃraÊŠd n. burial cloth, sheet used to wrap a body for burial, cerement; covering, something that covers like a shroud; one of the ropes supporting a ship s mast v …   English contemporary dictionary

  • shrouded — adj wrapped, enveloped, swathed, cloaked, enshrouded, hidden, concealed, covered, clouded, blanketed, veiled ≠ exposed, uncovered …   Useful english dictionary

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