Definition of covering

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Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove.

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Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc..
Sabbaton :: Sabbaton (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
Cloaking :: Cloaking (n.) The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
Cap :: Cap (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky..
Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A covering or protecting for the breast.
Silvering :: Silvering (n.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum..
Periostracum :: Periostracum (n.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.
Recovering :: Recovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recove.
Spatterdashes :: Spatterdashes (n. pl.) Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
Incasement :: Incasement (n.) That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure..
Lorication :: Lorication (n.) The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.
Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings..
Tire :: Tire (n.) A covering for the head; a headdress.
Lagging :: Lagging (n.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading..
Rocoa :: Rocoa (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto..
Epibolic :: Epibolic (a.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Canopy :: Canopy (n.) A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor..
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