NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shroud

A shroud is typically something, usually a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets but also has specific meanings as the heat shield of a space capsule and as a rope that gives support to the masts in sailing ships. See also Shroud of Turin and Sailboat Shroud.

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Shroud (sailing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (204 words)
	Shrouds are attached symmetrically on both the port and starboard sides.
	For those shrouds which attach high up the mast, a structure projecting from the mast must be used to increase the angle of the shroud at the attachment point, providing more support to the mast.
	On large sailing ships, however, particularly square-riggers, the shrouds end at the projections (called tops or crosstrees) and their loads are carried into the mast slightly further down by futtock shrouds.

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