"coverture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: covertures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French coverture, from covrir (“to cover”) or from Late Latin coopertura. Doublet of couverture. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|coverture}} Old French coverture, {{m|fro|covrir||to cover}} covrir (“to cover”), {{der|en|LL.|coopertura}} Late Latin coopertura, {{doublet|en|couverture}} Doublet of couverture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coverture (countable and uncountable, plural covertures)
  1. (law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-coverture-en-noun-ePnJc7Ry Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 3 40 Topics: law
  2. Alternative spelling of couverture. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: couverture
    Sense id: en-coverture-en-noun-o-X8-P9l
  3. Shelter, hiding place. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coverture-en-noun-RjKjvc0n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: couverture Related terms: feme covert

Noun [Old French]

Forms: coverture oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], covertures [oblique, plural], coverture [nominative, singular], covertures [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus; equivalent to covert + -ure, from covrir (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|LL.|coopertūra}} Late Latin coopertūra, {{inh|fro|la|coopertus}} Latin coopertus, {{suffix|fro|covert|ure}} covert + -ure, {{m|fro|covrir||to cover}} covrir (“to cover”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} coverture oblique singular, f (oblique plural covertures, nominative singular coverture, nominative plural covertures)
  1. covering; cover
    Sense id: en-coverture-fro-noun-kpp8y8lT Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French terms suffixed with -ure

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