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Webster 1913 Edition


Covered

Cov′ered

(k?v′?rd)
,
Adj.
Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
Covered way
(Fort.)
,
a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of
Ravelin
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Covered

COVERED

,
pp.
Spread over; hid; concealed; clothed; vailed; having a hat on; wrapped; inclosed; sheltered; protected; disguised.