Thesaurus: covered

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1. imp. & p. p. of Cover
2. a. Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
3. imp. & p. p. of Covet
4. adj. overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
5. 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 garrisonn an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.
6. Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Coveredway (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of thecounterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms theglacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication aroundthe works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. ofRavelin.
7. j:100 a. overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form