Definition of covering

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Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc..

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Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..
Damask :: Damask (n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.
Cornshuck :: Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
Shawl :: Shawl (n.) A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders..
Inking :: Inking (a.) Supplying or covering with ink.
Cortex :: Cortex (n.) Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering..
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture, and the like..
Podotheca :: Podotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
Roofing :: Roofing (n.) The act of covering with a roof.
Husk :: Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn..
Tete-de-pont :: Tete-de-pont (n.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead..
Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell..
Vesture :: Vesture (v. t.) A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession..
Mantilla :: Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc..
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..
Rug :: Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc..
-derm :: -derm (n.) A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc..
Exuviae :: Exuviae (n. pl.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc..
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