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covered, ppl. a.|ˈkʌvəd|
Also 5–7 couered, 5 curyd, kevvryd.
[f. cover n. and v. + -ed.]
1. a. Having a cover, covering, or lid. †b. Of a ship: Decked. †c. Of base coin: Overlaid or plated (with precious metal).
1463Bury Wills (Camden) 41 My best gay cuppe of erthe kevvryd. Ibid. 42 My browne cuppe of erthe curyd. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. iv. 26, I doe thinke him as concaue as a couered goblet. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 421 King Eumenes, coming from Elæa with 20 covered ships. 1752Chambers Cycl. s.v. Medals, Covered or Plaited Medals are those which have only a thin silver leaf over the copper.
†2. Concealed, hidden; secret; of concealed or ambiguous meaning. Obs.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour 57 b, Yf she hadde holde her self more secrete and couered. 1552Latimer Serm. 23rd Sund. after Trin. Wks. II. 182 Yet he doth it with dark and covered words. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 173 Either by his covered, or discovered will.
3. Thickly clothed with some vegetative growth. Now only in comb., as brake-covered, moss-covered, weed-covered.
1632Lithgow Trav. vii. (1682) 320 Some were in the covered Fields hunting their prey. 1678A. Lovell Fontaine's Duties Cav. 119 An Army passing through a close and covered Country.
4. a. Roofed or closed in overhead. covered bridge, covered market.
1667Milton P.L. i. 763 The spacious Hall..like a cover'd field. 1709Addison Tatler No. 123 ⁋2 These were most of them covered Walks. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 262 There is not a covered way to walk in after drinking. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 195 They walked about in the covered court.
1809Tales of Other Realms II. 135 In about two hours we passed over a covered bridge. 1949Clarke Co. Democrat (Grove Hill, Ala.) 13 Jan. 7/4 Covered bridges..are still an important factor in our country's transportation system.
1863Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. (1963) iv. 102 Ripe apricots, procured in a large covered market. 1914A. Bennett Price of Love xiv. 285 The covered market, which, having one entrance in the market-place and another in Wedgwood Street, connects the two thoroughfares. 1969C. Storr Rufus v. 58 A silly, frightened sheep's face..looked round the big covered market.
b. covered wagon, a wagon with a tilt (tilt n.1 3). Chiefly U.S.
1745in J. S. McLennan Louisburg (1918) 163 The commander in chief..shall have liberty to send off covered waggons to be inspected only by one officer of ours. 1842M. Crawford Jrnl. (1897) 5 Rode all night in a covered wagon. 1864T. L. Nichols Amer. Life I. 108 Great covered waggons—such as are called vans in England—went about the country collecting the rosy maidens. 1946L. Mumford City Development 55 The covered wagon in one age and the trailer in ours both have their specific uses. 1948Daily Oklahoman (Okla. City) 16 May e 28/1 A sizeable percentage of the nation's population..believes that in Oklahoma the people still..travel in covered wagons. 1958L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari i. 15 The trekkers, or covered-wagon pioneers of my people, kept patrols of horsemen scouting well ahead.
5. Wearing one's hat; keeping one's hat on.
c1669S. Colvil in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 394 And speak to Statesmen with your hat on; And covered, round in ladies' ears. 1727Swift Wonder of Wond., He stands always covered, even in the presence of the king.
6. Sheltered, protected, screened; spec. in Fortif. † covered flank, covered-way (formerly covert-way; see covert a. 1 b): see quots.
1685Travestin Siege Newheusel 28 The besieged made a Sally by a covered way. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Flank, Low, covered, or retired Flank is the platform of the casemate which lies hid in the bastion. 1828Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 207 The Covered-way is intended to form a communication round the place, and to prevent the enemy from approaching the counterscarpe of the ditch. 1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (ed. 9) 261 The Covered way is a space of about 30 feet broad, extending round the counterscarp of the ditch, being covered by a parapet..with a banquette.
7. Comb. covered-binding (Mining) = plank-timbering (see quot.); covered-eyed a., having eyes protected by a covering; opposed to naked-eyed.
1857Agassiz Nat. Hist. U.S. I. 71 The Covered-eyed Medusæ. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Covered-binding, = Plank-timbering, the lining of a shaft with rectangular plank frames. |