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Definition of Dust-covered
1. Adjective. Covered with a layer of dust. "A dusty pile of books"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dust-covered
Literary usage of Dust-covered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1823)
"... them until the dust covered them—feelings which could never wholly abandon
them, as long as the people retained the name or the affections of Britons. ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Artillery observation became almost as difficult as in a fog. It was hard at any
distance to tell dust-covered French blue from dust-covered English khaki. ..."
3. The Bookman (1897)
"Dust covered his cloak, so that its original hue of dusty black was quite lost.
Dust covered his face and nestled in the deep wrinkles of it. ..."
4. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1900)
"The following are some of the suggestions he offers : Small trenches should be
dug, and supplied liberally with tobacco dust, covered with a little earth, ..."
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