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coopertura 1 covering, coating. b (ritual) covering, shrouding. 1371 in xl lib. cere emptis pro ~a torcheorum contra festum Natale Fabr. York 125.  b 1429 duo panniculi albi cum v plagis Christi super staynati pro ~a imaginum SS. Laurencii et Grimbaldi tempore quadragesimali (Invent.) Amund. I app. 450. 2 bedspread, coverlet. Cf. coopertorium 1. pugnare potest homo contra eum quem cum desponsata sibi uxore ‥ clausis hostiis et sub una ~a inveniet (Leg. Hen. 82. 8) GAS 599; 1303 una ~a ad lectum de scarleto furrata cum minutis variis Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 57; 1405 unum payn pro ~a unius lecti Test. Ebor. III 38; 1427 in ~is et linthiaminibus pro ‥ lectis Reg. Cant. II 405. 3 a (linen or iron) cuirass. b caparison or bard (for horse). Cf. coopertorium 2. a 1196 de ‥ vij coiffis ferri et tribus paribus ~arum ferrearum Pipe 279; 1214 omnes ~as ferreas et lineas et ‥ alias armaturas nostras Cl 140b; 1220 duas loricas ‥ et ~as CurR IX 193; 1224 j cohoperturas Ib. XI 1913.  b s1101 fecit ‥ de ~is equi sui et equorum sociorum suorum ‥ [mulieri pariture] lectum parari M. Par. Min. I 187; 1274 ~am ferream unius equi IMisc 33/36; 1367 longas armaturas et ~as pro ij equis RScot 917a. 4 covert (of woodland). Cf. coopertorium 4. a1250 de ~a ‥ bosci ‥ inquirent veri valoris veritatem Feod. Durh. 189. 5 (provision of) cover: a (for boat, cart or sim); b (for helmet, saddle, pillow or sim); c (for book). d lid (of cup). a 1374 in ~a et factura j litere pro domino priore portando Ac. Durh. 579; 1402 in vj coreis boum emptis pro ~a carectarum Ib. 604; 1418 solut’ pro j heyre empt’ pro ~a batell’ Ac. Bridge House II 302; 1588 (v. 1 cocha).  b 1322 pro reparacione [ij bacinettorum] cum pavelionibus et copertura Rec. Leic. I 340; 1325 pro ‥ linea tela pro ‥ ~a cervicalium Ac. Durh. 165; 1378 in ij ulnis panni viridis emptis pro ~a scaccarie burs[arie] Ib. 586; 1418 pro cooportura j selle Ib. 302.  c c1386 in reparacione j libri cum ~a ejusdem Ac. Durh. 266; 1393 (v. custodire 9); 1473 (v. custos 10a).  d s1229 cuppam ‥ de mazere, cujus ~am prior T. circulo argenteo circumdedit Chr. Evesham 262; s1384 [archiepiscopus] dedit alium ciphum de argento cum sua ~a majoris ponderis Chr. Pont. Ebor. C 426. 6 roofing, roof: a (timber or unspec); b (thatch); c (tiles or sim); d (lead). a 1190 in ~a aule regis Pipe 11; 1251 omnes domos ‥ tam in guteris quam in ~is emendari ‥ faciatis (Pat) RL II 67; c1283 quelibet dim. hida debet invenire et facere iiij cheveruns et omnia pertinencia in parietibus et ~a ad hlosam domini Cust. Battle 29; s1311 fecerunt duo foramina in ~a domus (Artic. Templ.) Ann. Lond. 184; 1389 tradiderunt ‥ schopam ‥ et aliam schopam sub eodem domicilio et ~a ex parte orientali illius schope Cart. Osney I 288; 1395 [pro] †cooptura [turris] Rec. Norw. II 51.  b s1189 (v. cooperire 6b); 1238 (v. calamus 1c); 1336 in stramine pro ~a ‥ domorum (KR Ac 19/24) Cal. Scot. III 356.  c 1259 (v. cavus 1a); 1373 pro lathacione et cooperatura cum tegulis magne aule Banstead 352; 1429 in iij mctyзll’ emptis ‥ pro copertura domorum Ac. Obed. Abingd. 107.  d s1229 in tignis ‥ plumbo et operariis ad ~am unius anguli magne turris Chr. Evesham 270; 1292 plumbariis pro ~a et reparacione camere firmarie Sacr. Ely II 9; 1510 pro cooperatura ecclesie cum plumbo Reg. Merton 403. 7 roofing material (straw, reeds or sim.). a1128 adducunt ‥ xx careatas de ~a Chr. Peterb. app. 159; 1210 tantum duo ‥ asportaverunt de turba ‥, set alii non asportaverunt nisi ~am CurR VI 33; s1249 quod in marra ‥ non piscaremur nec ~am colligeremus Meaux II 7; 1258 faciat habere ‥ in landa de A. ~am ad domos predictas Cl 262; c1300 debent colligere in campo domini dcc de ~a Reg. S. Aug. 101; 1320 in stramine empto pro ~a ‥ molendini ‥ et in viridi ~a empta ad idem KR Ac 482/1 m. 5d.; 1331 in falcacione ccc travarum ~e ‥ pro emendacione domorum ExchScot 359. 8 (leg.) cover, (deceitful) protection; cf. cooperire 7a. b wife’s coverture. 1299 advocare predictum J. emere mercandisas diversas a diversis extraneis sub quopertura libertatis sui apprenticii Cal. Mayor's CourtR Lond. C p. 47.  b 1418 tenuit dicta ‥ maneria ‥ ut in et de jure dicte J. ‥ nuper uxoris sue racione ~e ejusdem J. Cl 268 m. 8.

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