English

shrouder

From shroud + -er.

Formed from shroud + -er

Proto-Germanic *skrūdą ‘shroud, dress, attire’

Old English sċrūd ‘garment’

Middle English shroud

Today it means

noun A slaughterhouse worker whose primary job is attaching a cloth or canvas cover to a beef carcass.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / shrouder