shroud

A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.

Something that conceals, protects, or screens.

One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.

A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.

One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.

To envelop and obscure or shut off from sight: synonym: block.

To envelop or be associated with and make difficult to understand.