| 释义 |
coverer|ˈkʌvərə(r)|
[f. cover v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who covers.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 176 Constantyn shal be here cook and couerer of here churche. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. vi. (1495) 112 The eye lyddes ben the helers and couerars of the eyen. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Velador..a coueror. 1641Disc. Pr. Henry in Harl. Misc. III. 527 No coverer of his thoughts. 1861Trench Ep. 7 Ch. Asia 205 The true coverer of the nakedness of man.
b. A thing that covers; a cover.
1792Trans. Soc. Arts X. 142 Then side stones, and a stone coverer were put in.
2. spec.
†a. One who covers or roofs building, etc. Obs.
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Slate, Helliers or Coverers with Slate. 1764Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 173/2 Tilers, and other coverers.
b. Mil. He who covers the man in front of him: see cover v. 12.
1796–7Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 6 When any of those officers..shift from their proper places..their coverers occupy such place during their absence, and on their return again resign it. 1832Prop. Regul. Instr. Cavalry iii. 101 The Standard and his Coverer resume their posts. 1861Hughes Tom Brown Oxf. xliv. (1889) 427 He is covering sergeant of my company, and the smartest coverer we have.
3. With defining word prefixed, as boat-coverer, bonnet-coverer, flask-coverer, etc.
1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6172/11 Henry Hunt..Flask-Coverer. a1779Cook Voy. VI. iv. ix. (R.), The women..are the..boat-builders or boat-coverers. 1887Hackney Gaz. 9 Feb. 2/7 Wanted..Bonnet-Coverers—Velvet and beaders. |