covering

Roget category 223

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
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#223. Covering

noun

covering, cover — baldachin, baldachino^†, baldaquin^† — canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella, parasol, sunshade — veil (shade) 424 — shield etc. (defense) 717.
roof, ceiling, thatch, tile — pantile, pentile^† — tiling, slates, slating, leads — barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed etc. (abode) 189.
top, lid, covercle^†, door, operculum — bulkhead [U.S.].
bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil^†, finger stall.
coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget^† — housing — antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah^†, pillowcase, pillowslip^† — linoleum — saddle cloth, blanket cloth — tidy — tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.].
integument, tegument — skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen^†, hide — pelt, peltry^† — cordwain^† — derm^† — robe, buffalo robe [U.S.] — cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis.
clothing etc. 225 — mask etc. (concealment) 530.
peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat — eggshell, glume^†.
capsule — sheath, sheathing — pod, cod — casing, case, theca^† — elytron^† — elytrum^† — involucrum [Lat.] — wrapping, wrapper — envelope, vesicle — corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.] — dermatology, conchology — testaceology^†.
inunction^† — incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction^† — scale etc. (layer) 204.
[specific coverings] veneer, facing — overlay — plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate — engobe^† — ormolu — Sheffield plate — pavement — coating, paint — varnish etc. (resin) 216.1; plating, barrel plating, anointing etc. v. — enamel — epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition — ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo — cerement — ointment etc. (grease) 356.

verb

cover — superpose, superimpose — overlay, overspread — wrap etc. 225 — encase, incase^† — face, case, veneer, pave, paper — tip, cap, bind — bulkhead, bulkhead in — clapboard [U.S.].
coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar — wash — besmear, bedaub — anoint, do over — gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker^†, enamel, whitewash — parget^† — lay it on thick.
overlie, overarch^† — endome^† — conceal etc. 528.
[of aluminum] anodize.
[of steel] galvanize.

adjective

covering etc. v. — superimposed, overlaid, plated etc. v. — cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary^†, skinny, scaly, squamous [Anat.] — covered etc. v. — imbricated, loricated^†, armor plated, ironclad — under cover — cowled, cucullate^†, dermatoid^†, encuirassed^†, hooded, squamiferous^†, tectiform^† — vaginate^†.

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