covercle

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noun

A small cover; a lid.

OriginMiddle English covercle ← Old French covercle →
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Meanings

nouncovercle (plural covercles)

plural covercles

  1. obsoleteA small cover; a lid.

    the covercle of a shell-fish

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcovercle
  2. Middle Englishcovercle
  3. Englishcovercle

From Middle English covercle, from Old French covercle, covescle, covecle. See cover.

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APA

covercle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covercle

MLA

“covercle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covercle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “covercle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covercle.

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