Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling a shroud; henee, funereal.

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.

Etymologies

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shroud +‎ -like

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Examples

  • In 1959 Afghanistan formally abolished the requirement that women wear a veil and a chadri, a shroudlike head-to-toe covering.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • In 1959 Afghanistan formally abolished the requirement that women wear a veil and a chadri, a shroudlike head-to-toe covering.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • Returning to her laptop computer, Bucholtz projected onto the screen several photographs of models used to produce shroudlike images by direct contact.

    The Shroud Codex Ph.D Jerome R. Corsi 2010

  • Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • Christoforov, a tall old lady who, wearing black spectacles and a plain grey, shroudlike dress that was trimmed with black velvet, never failed to have a stick between her abnormally long fingers.

    Through Russia 2003

  • Billowing around the corpse like some sort of cape was an eerie shroudlike aura.

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • Billowing around the corpse like some sort of cape was an eerie shroudlike aura.

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • That seemed to shatter the spell that had settled shroudlike over the studio.

    With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

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