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shroud 1. Nautical one of a pattern of ropes or cables used to stay a mast 2. any of a set of lines running from the canopy of a parachute to the harness shroud [shrau̇d] (engineering) A protective covering, usually of metal plate or sheet. (horology) The ends of lantern clock pinions that hold the pins. (naval architecture) A principal member of the standing rigging consisting of hemp or wire ropes which extend from or near a masthead to a vessel's side or to the rim of the top of the mast to afford lateral support for the mast. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| scientists from New York, Arizona, Zurich Switzerland, Oxford, England, and the British Museum, announced that the Shroud of Turin originated sometime between the years 1260 and 1390, identifying the Shroud as a pious icon rather than the burial Shroud of Jesus. As major Madagascar art forms, shawls, dresses, loose-fitting shirts, and also burial shrouds are "fundamental to an individual's ethnic, ideological, spiritual, social, political, and economic identities. And Penelope's ruse to keep the suitors at bay, her refusing to remarry until she finishes sewing a burial shroud for Ulysses's father, finds its counterpart in Kentridge's drawing and erasing, as each day's progress is unraveled at night. |
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