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noun
Concealing cover, disguise, veil; (also figurative).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Shelter, hiding place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French coverture, from covrir (“to cover”) or from Late Latin coopertura. Doublet of couverture.
