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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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S(c)hrouding, vbl. n. [S(c)hroud v., but in sense b below perhaps influenced by, or conflated with, Schroud n.2] The action of covering over, or roofing, (a house). See also Schrewdyng vbl. n. b. ? Wood to be used as protective boards for a mill-wheel. —1541 Treas. Acc. VII 499.
Estland buird to the schrouding of the register hous —b. 1645 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 146b.
For 9 portith dells to be shrouding [for the mill] 1646 Ib. 196b.
For caring off shrouding and aws to the [mill] quhill
