coverturen.
/ˈkʌvətjʊə/, /ˈkʌvətʃʊə/, /ˈkʌvətʃə/, U.S. /ˈkəvərˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈkəvərtʃər/ 1. figurative.1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. ii. 13 In nights couerture..We maie surprise and take him at our pleasure.1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. A7 He stumbled home, In the darke couerture of shady night.† b. in coverture: covered. Obsolete.
a. Anything used to cover. Formerly used of the cover or lid of a cup or dish; the cover of a book; the cover of a letter; now only in the general and usually collective sense of ‘covering’.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover
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cover1599
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book cover1649
case1750
album cover1839
bookcase1885
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope
coverture1587
by covert1655
envelopea1715
letter cover1741
cover1747
letter case1823
wrapper1846
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 791 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 325 The keruer..Vnkouers þe cup..Into þe couertoure wyn he powres owt.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 754 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 324 Wo so euer he takes þat mete to bere, Schalle not so hardy þo couertoure rere.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 5 Seele þe vessel with his couertour.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiiiv Full goodly bounde in pleasaunt couerture.
1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) B v b The bodye..is nothing els but a coverture and a thing bound to serve the soule.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1374/1 For such letters as came vnto me..they were inclosed vnder a couerture from Fulgeam.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 2v Strong Okes..and browne Hasils..with the greene couerture of their innumerable leaues.
1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 83 Her hair was white, which she hid under a Coverture of black Lace.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxvi. 140 This Tomb is quite naked without any Coverture or Balisters.
1860 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. IV. ix. lxxxii. 454 The couches..daintily decked out with their rich covertures.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 71 Herbage and floral coverture bedeck Yon splintered mass.
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1545 Primer Kynges Maiestie (STC 16034) sig. A.ii Kepe our eyes in couerture From all yll and vayne pleasure.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover
coverture?c1225
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mata1894
suggan1907
eiderdown1950
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 159 Schule beon of wurmes his cuuertur & his hwitel.
a1300 K. Horn 716 He liþ in bure, Under coverture.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6955 Þi covertoure on þe sene Salle be vermyn fulle felle and kene.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 855 Couertorez [MS reads Couertoreȝ] ful curious with comlych paneȝ.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 110 The childe deyde bi cause..the childe was ouer charged with couerture.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 88 To lye on the bedde of tribulacion vnder the couertour of right mortal distresse.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 126/1 A moche riche couertour for hys bedde.
1539 Inventories 45 (Jam.) Four coveratouris of grene taffatiis stikkit.
1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 45 The Beds are without Curtains, the Covertures of Cotton.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
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thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
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vestament1632
vestiment1637
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cask1646
aguise1647
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vest1694
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body clothing1802
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toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
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outward man1846
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drag1870
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of
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i-wedeOE
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weedOE
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vest1655
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opaque1903
daytimer1936
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > trappings, housing, or caparison
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furniture1553
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c1300 Thrush & Nightingale 119 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 55 Hoe fedde a crupel in hire boure, And helede him with covertour.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 602 Þe cropore & þe couertor acorded wyth þe arsouneȝ.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 241 4 grete Destreres..Covered with riche Covertoures.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. v. 176 Vestementis & couertours necessarye vnto his body.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 208v The men..go vtterly naked without any..couerture at al.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 230 Other thinke that beasts skinnes..was mans first couerture.
1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times x. 210 Without any caparison or other coverture but his saddle.
4. An overhead covering; †a roof, a canopy; the tilt of a waggon. Now rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun]
roofOE
thackOE
heelinga1325
coverture1382
house-copa1425
covering1459
housetop1526
rooftop1564
house heada1600
tecture1624
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > canopy
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cyllc1503
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trimmer1518
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt
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tilt1620
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sail1850
wagon-sail1850
coverture1856
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxvi. 19 He made the couertour of the tabernacle of skynnes of wethers.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xviii. 34 a The sterred heauen is thy couerture.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 10 Decay of the couertures of thatched houses.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ix. 384 The admirable Fishponds of Lucullus, (the Coverture of which, is supported by forty eight natural Pillers of stony Earth).
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 128 Through the waggon's coverture.
5. Protective covering; shelter; refuge. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering
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coverc1320
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covering1382
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coverturec1450
housingc1450
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heeler1495
housera1522
coverlet1551
shrouda1561
kever1570
vele1580
periwig1589
hap1593
opercle1598
integument?1611
blanketa1616
cask1646
operiment1650
coverlid1654
tegment1656
shell?1677
muff1687
operculum1738
tegmen1807
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter
leeOE
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shadowc1200
coverturec1450
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burrow1577
shelter1595
lown1603
umbrage1607
shield1615
lew1908
c1450 MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 151 (Halliw.) To kepe hym under the coverture Of trowthe and of connyng.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxl. 403 My closely couerture.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 26 Agaynst his cruell scortching heate, Where hast thou couerture?
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ii. 50 To seek the coverture of some Rock.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 609 That he would assist those miserable Wretches, and take them into Coverture.
1837 M. J. Chapman in Blackwood's Mag. 42 550 By Him, whose banner is our coverture.
6. Concealing covering; disguise, veil. Also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun]
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heelinga1250
hidea1300
hillinga1300
coverturec1374
tapinage1390
concealing1421
hodymokec1450
occultation1453
concelising1492
blindnessa1616
concealmenta1616
shrouding1615
back-hood1621
absconsion1649
screening1651
obvelation1664
muffling1788
tucking1810
smokescreening1922
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun]
shadowc1200
blindfolding?c1225
coverturec1374
hiding1382
veilc1384
palliation?c1425
covert1574
panoply1576
hoodwink1577
mask1597
cover1600
screena1616
pretexture1618
purdah1621
subterfuge1621
tecture1624
coverlet1628
domino1836
face shield1842
concealment1847
protective colouring1873
camouflage1885
protective coloration1892
smokescreen1926
cover-up1927
scrim1942
marzipan1945
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. iii. 159 Þilke notificaciouns þat ben yhidd vndir þe couertours of soþe.
c1400 Rom. Rose 1588 Ryght as a myrrour openly Shewith alle thing that stondith therby..Withouten ony coverture.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 205 The wiles which come vailed with anie couerture.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. B8v To make Iehoua but a couerture, To shade ranck filth.
1625 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Free Schoole of Warre 7 The specious Mantle, and couerture of Religion.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 273 Shrowded under the coverture of other Persons and Names.
1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn v. vi. 222 I'll hide thy name Under the coverture of even lines.
7. figurative. Concealment; dissimulation, deceit, covert conduct.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
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fakenOE
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coverture1393
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abusionc1405
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supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
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hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun]
coverture1393
laina1400
coveringc1400
palliation?c1425
lainingc1440
lonea1450
hudder-mudder1461
hugger-mugger1529
concealment1565
celation1567
hugger1576
burial1596
smothering1602
suppression1651
disguisal1652
hugger-mug1654
latitancy1701
cover-up1927
wraps1939
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]
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coverture1393
dissemblationc1425
assimulationa1450
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fiction1483
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irony1502
dissimulance1508
dissembly?c1550
blindation1588
counterfeisance1590
misseeming1590
supposing1596
dissemblance1602
guise1662
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make-believe1794
representation1805
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make-belief1837
pretence1862
make-believing1867
postiche1876
kid-stakes1916
smoke and mirrors1980
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 328 They..faile of that they seche By coverture and sleight of speche.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1147 Kept well hir purpose vndir coverture.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 683 Throughly arm'd against such coverture.
a. A pretext, pretence.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > specious motive or pretext
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coverturec1440
pretexta1535
pretencea1538
stalking-horse1579
stale1580
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stooping-horse1659
stall1851
c1440 Generydes 4596 To sle hym vterly, With fals tresone vnder a coverture.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 128 He folowed Medea vnder the couerture of will to go..to the temple.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. f. 22 Under this unhonest couerture.
b. A justification, a defence of conduct. Obsolete.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > vindication > that which
coverture1583
vindication1846
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxvi. 710 Nay not then, when wee haue just cause and couerture.
9.
a. Law. The condition or position of a woman during her married life, when she is by law under the authority and protection of her husband. Also in under coverture (literal and figurative).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > condition or position of
coverture1542
under covert1563
under covert-baron1581
matronage?1585
matronship1831
matronhood1836
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 22 The freholde of his wife, during the couerture between them.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 305 If the Soule had hild her selfe in awe and vnder couerture.
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §20. 10 This grant shall not bind the husband dureing the coverture.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. v. 179 If a freeman marry a bondwoman, she is also free during the coverture.
1808 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius II. xviii. 656 B. afterwards died under coverture, no entry having been made on her behalf to avoid the fine.
1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit II. vii His accomplished wife could scarcely be subjected to..imprisonment..while sheltered by the ægis of her coverture.
b. humorously said of a married man.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > position of
covert-baron1603
under covert-feme1681
coverture1836
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 10 I pleaded my coverture; being a married man.
10. Ornithology. = covert n. 5. rare. [ < French couvertures.]
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > covering base of large feathers (collective)
covert-feather1575
cover-feather1769
covert1774
coverture1861
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 211 The great wing and tail feathers..and the covertures which protect the base of the latter.
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