| Arden, Forest of | forest formerly covering a large area from Warwickshire through the Midlands into Staffordshire |
| arms | armour, mail, protective covering |
| bare | unprotected, defenceless, without covering |
| barely | in bareness, exposed, without covering |
| boot-hose | over-stocking covering the whole of the lower leg |
| brace | armoured covering for the arms; or: coat of armour |
| canopy | covering above a bed |
| case | holder, covering, receptacle |
| case | outer covering, surface appearance |
| case | mask, disguise, covering |
| chape | metal plate on the sheath of a weapon, especially one covering rhe dagger-point |
| counterpoint | counterpane, quilted bed-covering |
| coverture | covering, garment |
| habit | covering, guise, adorning |
| hanging | wall-covering, tapestry, curtain |
| headpiece | head-covering |
| heavens | [covering over the rear of a stage] sky |
| helm | covering of hair |
| hive | beehive-shaped head-covering |
| hood | [unclear meaning] head-covering, bonnet, mask |
| kerchief | cloth head-covering, scarf |
| mantle | surface vegetable matter, covering |
| pia mater | [Latin] dutiful mother: membrane covering the brain; brain |
| pleat | fold, hanging, covering |
| quilt | quilted furnishing, padded covering |
| shoulder-piece | armour covering the shoulder |
| square | square piece of material covering the chest, embroidered breast-piece |
| thin | thinly clad, with little covering |
| vault | roof, covering, ceiling |