† tecturen.
Obsolete.
A covering (literal or figurative); a canopy, a roof.
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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
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
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 579 Your..Blandishments are but Maskes and Tectures of latent perfidiousnesse.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 443 This palatiat cloyster is quadrangled foure stories high, the vppermost whereof, is window-set in the blew tecture.
1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost Pref. He may seem to shadow..his blasphemy under the tecture of some weak and feeble reasons.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnn4 Caves were their houses, the tectures of wood their cottages.
Derivatives
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the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] > like a roof, tent, etc. > having a roof
tectured1632
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 366 The streetes being couered aboue,..haue large Lights cut through the tectur'd tops.
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