Shrouds

On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the foreboom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was standing a dozen feet away, one hand resting on the main shrouds and her body swaying gently to the slight roll of the ship. ❋ Unknown (1904)

At this point we were wont to summon courage and rush out, with the kitchen poker and a candle shapeless with tallow shrouds from the strong draughts. ❋ Unknown (1872)

On SunRail trains, they will sit about 3 feet above the rails in insulated boxes called shrouds that push the sound forward and diminish noise to the sides. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We had one here, that's either 49 or 409, maybe 409, time kind of shrouds my mind. ❋ Unknown (1975)

Besides stays and backstays, the masts have "shrouds" to strengthen them. ❋ Various (N/A)

Howbeit I had soon unravelled some fifty yards of good stout twine, and abundance of more yet to hand together with the heavier ropes such as shrouds and back-stays. ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

He will practise him a good deal upon the "shrouds," so as to accustom his feet and fingers to the "ratlines" and other ropes, and will even permit him to pass a number of times through the "lubber's hole," instead of forcing him to climb back downwards by the "futtock shrouds." ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The instructions are pretty clear, though she does make some assumptions about how well her audience knows terminology when talking about "shrouds," "cotter keys," and "steeply-vaulted ceiling," none of which is defined. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the admiral shall hang out the arms of England in the mizen shrouds, then shall the council of war come aboard; and when that shall be taken in and the St. George hung in the main shrouds, that is for a general council. [ ❋ Unknown (1888)

I have made my own clothes for many years, first because I was beyond most clothing size ranges, and now because I simply won't wear those skintight shrouds that are being hawked to women. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This did bring them from the cabin, and they crowded the poop rail and weather mizzen shrouds as they watched the strange ship. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some wailed, others clung silently in the weather shrouds, and still others muttered prayers or shrieked vile imprecations; and neither captain nor mate could get them to bear a hand at the pumps or at setting patches of sails to bring the vessel up to the wind and sea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The mainmast, still fast by the shrouds, beat like a thunderous sledge-hammer against the ship's side, every stroke bringing groans from the men. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I held on to the weather rail, close by the shrouds, and gazed out across the desolate foaming waves to the low-lying fog-banks that hid San Francisco and the California coast. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their bodies are then whisked away to funeral parlors and dressed up not in the shrouds of days gone by, but in their finest suit or dress, as if they were just about to step out and, hence, not dead at all. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

[12 year old boy]: "man i wish i can [grow up] to be like shroudy [rowdy]" ❋ Twitch.tv/dezzie2k (2018)

"Shroud is [coming]" = "[I am] about [to die]" ❋ Phraker (2019)

Shroud [skins] do not make [you better] at the game (but buy them [anyways]) ❋ Buy The Shroud Skins (2018)

[Oh god] Shroud just [fucked] [my ass] ❋ Pok3Devil101 (2019)

[he’s] so [shroud] at [basketball] ❋ Swaggyspong (2019)

"Dude, that chick is hot." "No. Way to much [make up], she's a [shroud]. You'll have to wash your [pillows] when she leaves." ❋ Chest Rockwell18 (2010)

Kill Feed: Shroud killed among_us10011 by headshot with [M16A4] - 6 alive Shroud knocked out LordOfWar by headshot with M24 Shroud knocked out [Grimmmz] by headshot with M16A4 Shroud knocked out aLuzNo by headshot with M16A4 Shroud finally killed Grimmmz - [5 alive] Shroud killed n0oN3c4rEz by headshot with M24 - 4 alive Shroud finally killed aLuzNo - 3 alive Shroud finally killed LordOfWar - 2 alive You: *still alive* heheh im alive… Your mind: im in danger ❋ Imagine_begging (2022)

A: Did you see what *[Person C]* just did? B: Yeah they [went] fucking Shroud [right there] ❋ Nuriiuwu (2020)

[Did you] see shroud [die]? He's so [dumb]. ❋ Revoution (2017)

An example of shrouding: "I shrouded him by telling him that he should [go home] early and that I can fill him up. The big boss took notes at my [productivity] and gave me the [coin]." ❋ BigsbyZ (2021)