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Noun protective covering has 2 senses
- protective covering, protective cover, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
--1 is a kind of covering
--1 has particulars: | armor, armour; bell jar, bell glass; binder, ring-binder; binding, book binding, cover, back; blind, screen; bracer, armguard; cap; cloche; coaster; cold frame; crystal, watch crystal, watch glass; dust cover; faceplate; facing, cladding; fall board, fall-board; finger plate, escutcheon, scutcheon; heat shield; hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling; housing; lining; mask; mulch; roof; roof; screen; shade; sheath; sheathing, overlay, overlayer; shelter; shield; splashboard, splasher, dashboard; splasher; testudo; thumbstall; toecap; washboard, splashboard |
- protective covering - tough natural covering of some organisms
--2 is a kind of body covering
--2 has particulars: armor, armour; scute; sclerite; clypeus
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