coverture
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ər noun
1.
a cover or covering; shelter; concealment.
2.
Law. the status of a married woman considered as under the protection and authority of her husband.
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| —n | |
| 1. | law the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband |
| 2. | rare shelter, concealment, or disguise |
| [C13: from Old French, from covert covered; see | |
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Coverture
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
coverture
early 13c., earliest ref. is to bedcovers, from O.Fr. coverture (12c.), from L. *coopertura, from p.p. stem of cooperire "to cover" (see cover). Most modern senses had evolved by mid-15c.
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Example sentences
They use tempering machines to melt the coverture chocolate and keep it at a precise temperature.
In many areas, the laws of coverture have been wiped off the books, but their legacy in practice remains.
If you were married for a portion of your teaching career, a coverture fraction may be calculated.
For whatever reason, the debate has settled around the coverture laws of the period.
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