Definition of Dust cover

1. Noun. A paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed.

Exact synonyms: Book Jacket, Dust Jacket, Dust Wrapper
Generic synonyms: Jacket

2. Noun. A large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period.
Exact synonyms: Dust Sheet
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material

3. Noun. A removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dust Cover

dust-up
dust asthma
dust bag
dust ball
dust bin
dust bins
dust bowl
dust bunnies
dust bunny
dust cell
dust cloth
dust cloud
dust coat
dust contamination
dust corpuscles
dust cover (current term)
dust devil
dust devils
dust jacket
dust jackets
dust mice
dust mite
dust mop
dust mouse
dust off
dust sheet
dust storm
dust storms
dust up

Literary usage of Dust cover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electric Ignition for Combustion Motors by Forrest Robert Jones (1912)
"Dust-cover with ball clip fastening, without any other parts. ... Brass nut on dust-cover 2ia for fastening carbon-holder lib. 212. ..."

2. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any ... All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, ..."

3. Buying Books Online: Finding Bargains and Saving Money With Booksense Stores by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any ... All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, ..."

4. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"One of these is an integral part of the dust cover, and therefore forms a ground. The Coil.—The coil of Fig. 183 is designated as Type DC and consists of a ..."

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