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Definition of Natural covering
1. Noun. A natural object that covers or envelops. "The fox was flushed from its cover"
Generic synonyms: Natural Object
Specialized synonyms: Scale, Shell, Test, Body Covering, Case, Sheath, Integument, Blanket, Mantle, Crust, Encrustation, Incrustation, Envelope, Cap, Hood, Indument, Indumentum, Roof, Shell, Eggshell, Shell, Skim, Slough, Snowcap, Vesture, Peridium, Pericarp, Seed Vessel, Chlamys, Floral Envelope, Perianth, Perigone, Perigonium, Sac, Theca, Indusium, Bark
Derivative terms: Cover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Covering
Literary usage of Natural covering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language by Francis Edward Jackson Valpy (1828)
"Wächter in Pfeil. the hide or natural covering of animals ; end the Celtic Pi),
which, he says, means bark, as it surrounds and covers a tree. ..."
2. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1806)
"And I dispose the said feathers, hair, wool, down, or other natural covering of
birds and animals, thinly, lightly, or openly, within the said chamber, ..."
3. Agricultural and Pastoral Prospects of South Africa by Frederick Rolfe, Owen Thomas (1904)
"Even soil which has a natural covering suffers to some extent: but poor soil
under cultivation altogether ceases from production, after two or three crops, ..."
4. Malaria According to the New Researches by Angelo Celli (1901)
"Hence the necessity for levelling the surface of the soil, regulating the surface
water, and covering the ground-water. While this natural covering process ..."
5. The Evolution of Woman: An Inquiry Into the Dogma of Her Inferiority to Man by Eliza Burt Gamble (1893)
"One of the principal characters which distinguishes the human animal from the
lower orders is the absence of a natural covering for the skin. ..."
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