Definition of Protective covering

1. Noun. A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury. "Wax provided protection for the floors"


2. Noun. The tough natural covering of some organisms.
Specialized synonyms: Armor, Armour, Scute, Sclerite, Clypeus
Generic synonyms: Body Covering

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protective Covering

protecting
protecting(a)
protecting group
protectingly
protection
protection course
protectionism
protectionisms
protectionist
protectionists
protections
protective
protective(p)
protective coloration
protective cover
protective covering (current term)
protective embankment
protective fold
protective garment
protective tariff
protectively
protectiveness
protectivity
protector
protectoral
protectorate
protectorates
protectorial
protectories
protectorless

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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