Results for covering

Definitions of covering:

part of speech: noun

Anything that covers.

part of speech: noun

Anything spread or laid over another; a garment; bedclothes.

part of speech: noun

That which is laid over, or protects, anything; dress.

Usage examples for covering:

• On the covering side were the words from the Child's Garden: 'It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place. "The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson", Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

• The common- house nearly finished, wanting only covering "The Mayflower and Her Log, Complete", Azel Ames

• Mr. Middleton sank into the nearest chair, and covering his rough face with his hands, wept as freely as a little child. "Tempest and Sunshine", Mary J. Holmes