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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Coverture

/(k?v"?r-t?r; 135)/ · Cov·er·ture · IPA
01 n. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
  1. 1.
    Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
    “Protected by walls or other like coverture.” — Woodward.
    “Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.(Law)