Cov"er*ing, n.

Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.

Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7.

A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.

 

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