Covering

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Present participle or  participial adjective from  cover(verb) +‎  -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of  coveren,  keveren(“to cover”). 

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [ verbal noun of coveren, keveren(“to cover”)] [1]; or, verbal noun from cover(verb) +‎ -ing.


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covering (n.)

c. 1300, "that which covers;" early 14c., "act or process of placing a cover upon," verbal noun from cover (v.).