forcover

English

Etymology

From Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), equivalent to for- +‎ cover.

Verb

forcover (third-person singular simple present forcovers, present participle forcovering, simple past and past participle forcovered)

1. (transitive, rare, archaic) To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.
   • 1879, Thomas Pownall Boultbee, A history of the Church of England: pre-Reformation period:

     And she did about his hands little skins of kids, and she forcovered the nakedness of the neck, and gave the dish and took the loaves that she had baked.