1. a natural object that covers or envelops; - Example: "under a covering of dust" - Example: "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn: covering, natural covering, cover]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
natural covering
n 1: a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering
of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" [syn:
covering, natural covering, cover]