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Definition of Shroudy
1. a. Affording shelter.
Definition of Shroudy
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Affording shelter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shroudy
1. giving shelter [adj SHROUDIER, SHROUDIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shroudy
Literary usage of Shroudy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report and Transactions (1881)
"He said, 'They be come now vor to use all shroudy sticks vor kidney beans; and
I 'd so lay use shroudy sticks my zull as ever I would trimmed ones. ..."
2. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"... a common practice to cut off all branches from the tall elm trees, and to
leave a mere pole with a tuft on the top. This is to shroud the trees. shroudy ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archivesby Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1878)
"1782, March 30, Esquire, John, and Mary Peddle. 1778, May 29, Essling, Hannah,
and Andrew Dyer. 1790, April 7, Ealing, Sarah, and Jacob shroudy. ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... in the appearance of the mountain's top, which, instead of standing out clear
against the blue sky, was almost always enveloped in a shroudy mist, or, ..."
5. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"The Petition of Ann shroudy, praying leave to go to New York, was read ; and
thereupon, it was agreed that the said Petition be granted. ..."
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