coverture Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cov"er*ture noun

Etymology

OF. coverture,F.couverture.

Definitions

1. Covering; shelter; defence; hiding.

   Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward.

   Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.

2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.