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Definition of Protective covering
1. Noun. A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury. "Wax provided protection for the floors"
Specialized synonyms: Armor, Armour, Bell Glass, Bell Jar, Binder, Ring-binder, Back, Binding, Book Binding, Cover, Blind, Screen, Armguard, Bracer, Cap, Cloche, Coaster, Cold Frame, Crystal, Watch Crystal, Watch Glass, Dust Cover, Faceplate, Cladding, Facing, Fall-board, Fallboard, Escutcheon, Finger Plate, Scutcheon, Heat Shield, Bonnet, Cowl, Cowling, Hood, Housing, Liner, Lining, Mask, Mulch, Roof, Roof, Screen, Shade, Sheath, Overlay, Overlayer, Sheathing, Shelter, Shield, Dashboard, Splashboard, Splasher, Splasher, Testudo, Thumbstall, Toecap, Splashboard, Washboard
Generic synonyms: Covering
Derivative terms: Protect
2. Noun. The tough natural covering of some organisms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protective Covering
Literary usage of Protective covering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"These act not only in virtue of their astringency, but also somewhat after the
manner of inert dusting-powder, affording an artificial protective covering ..."
2. A Treatise on Roads and Pavements by Ira Osborn Baker (1913)
"1, Methods of Suppressing Dust; 2, Methods of Forming a protective covering; 3,
Construction of Bituminous Macadam Roads; and 4, Construction of Concrete ..."
3. Organic Dependence and Disease: Their Origin and Significance by John Mason Clarke (1921)
"... protective covering A BASIC FACTOR IN DEPENDENCE A knight in armor is a
protected fighter and by his protection increases his viability. ..."
4. Organic Dependence and Disease: Their Origin and Significance by John Mason Clarke (1921)
"... protective covering A BASIC FACTOR IN DEPENDENCE A knight in armor is a
protected fighter and by his protection increases his viability. ..."
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