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shrouder - What does it mean?

Definition of 'shrouder'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • one who shrouds or conceals things.
  • A slaughterhouse worker whose primary job is attaching a cloth or canvas cover to a beef carcass.
  • *1976 , George Pratt Shultz, Arnold Robert Weber, Strategies for the Displaced Worker: Confronting Economic Change , page 68:
  • [T]he last job available at the new West Point plant was that of a "shrouder ," involving the laborious and monotonous task of attaching a canvas cover to a beef carcass.
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