canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella,
parasol, sunshade; veil (shade) 424; shield &c (defense) 717.
roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile†; tiling, slates,
slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling,
shed &c (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 &c 225; mask &c (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 &c (layer) 204.
[specific coverings] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate,
gold plate, copper plate; engobe†; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement;
coating, paint; varnish &c (resin) 216.1; plating, barrel plating,
anointing &c v.; enamel; epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition;
ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment
&c (grease) 356.
V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c 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 &c 528.
[of aluminum] anodize.
[of steel] galvanize.
Adj. covering &c v.; superimposed, overlaid, plated &c v.; cutaneous,
dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary†, skinny, scaly, squamous
[Anat.]; covered &c v.; imbricated, loricated†, armor plated, ironclad;
under cover; cowled, cucullate†, dermatoid†, encuirassed†, hooded,
squamiferous†, tectiform†; vaginate†.