1. (noun)
shroud
- a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute Synonyms: cerement, winding-clothes, pall, weather sheet, tack, winding-sheet, mainsheet, sheet
2. (noun)
sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
3. (noun)
pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped