·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cover.
II. Covering ·noun Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, ·etc.
See plank-sheer. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A force detached to protect a party sent on especial duty. ...
Occurs only in Gen. 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is "it (i.e., Abimelech's present of...
Easton's Bible Dictionary