I.a covering, veiling, enveloping. *
I. In gen.: “nubila inimica obductione pendent,” Arn. 1, 7.—
II. In partic., a veiling of criminals before their execution: “obductio capitis,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: “capitum,” Amm. 14, 7, 21; Vulg. Eccles. 5, 1; 5, 10.