shroud n.
(US) a formal dress suit.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Jargon of the Und.’ in DN V 462: Shroud, A suit of clothes. | |
| Amer. Tramp and Und. Sl. 169: Shroud. – A suit of clothes. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 208: shroud A suit of clothes. |
In compounds
(US) a formal dress suit and starched dress shirt.
| Maison De Shine 138: I’m there wit’ the old shroud and boiler [...] We oughta fix up. It’s a first night. | |
| Eve. World (NY) 21 Mar. 10/6: ‘Now I’ve got this shroud and boiler on I’m going [to] learn the tango. |