A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
A layer of veneer.
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
A sail.
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
A thin, flat layer of solid material.
The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
To form into sheets.
Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
To trim a sail using a sheet.
One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
To cover with a shroud.
To take shelter or harbour.
To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
To lop the branches from (a tree).