Covered or hidden by something that conceals or obscures, like fog, cloth, or mystery.
From Old English 'scrud' meaning 'a garment or covering,' related to 'shred.' A shroud was literally a burial cloth, and the verb extended to mean 'to cover anything concealing.'
The 'Shroud of Turin'—a burial cloth supposedly touched by Jesus—became famous in the 1300s, but modern science shows it was created in the medieval period, proving how powerfully mysterious objects can rewrite history.
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