couvre-lumière, n.m., (—-—s) (artil.) apron.
couvre-pieds, n.m., (—) foot-coverlet.
couvre-plat, n.m., (—-—s) dish-cover.
couvreur, n.m., tiler, slater. — en ardoise; slater. — en chaume; thatcher. — en tuiles; tiler.
couvrir, (couvrant couvert), v.a., to cover; to envelop; to wrap up; to muffle up; (com., milit.) to cover; (of horse) to serve, to leap; to excuse, to palliate; to defray (expenses); to overflow, to overspread; to overrun; to protect; to copulate; to cloak, to keep secret, to disguise. — un toit; to roof. — de honte; to load with shame. — sa faute; to palliate one’s fault. Un bon général doit savoir — sa marche; a good general should know how to conceal his march.
se couvrir, v.r., to cover oneself, to put on one’s hat, to be covered; to cover or defend oneself; to conceal oneself; to get under cover; to be overcast (of the weather); to reimburse oneself. Couvrez-vous; put your hat on. Le temps se couvre; the weather is becoming overcast.
covenant (kov-nān), n.m., covenant.
covenantaire, n.m., covenanter.
covendeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., joint-vendor.
cowpox, n.m., cow-pox.