Defn: A covering for the head. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COVERCLE Cov"er*cle (kv"r-k'l), n. Etym: [OF. covercle, F. couvercle, fr. L. coöperculum fr. coöperire. See cover]
Defn: A small cover; a lid. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
COVER CROP
Cov"er crop.
Defn: A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.
COVERED
Cov"ered (kv"rd), a.
Defn: Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.
COVERER
Cov"er*er (-r), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, covers.
COVERING
Cov"er*ing, n.