Definition of "shrood" []

• To trim; to lop. (verb)

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• "Ain by ain the enemy is defeated, fa'ing like Lucifer in a flamin 'shrood."
• "Frae t 'ullets' tree; doon chimleys three there cam a shrood o 'soot."
• "An 'yet that was not all, for hard by stood a tall imperial shape o' a woman, all arrayed in white, wi 'a great veil o' finest lace worn o'er a shrood."