WordNet
n. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" [syn: protective cover, protection]
tough natural covering of some organisms
Usage examples of "protective covering".
Two Cetniks, the ginger-bearded leader of the escort and another black-bearded man, jumped over the tailboard and moved at once into the protective covering of the forest.
When necessary its legs could be folded so as to be within the protective covering as well, instead of projecting outside it as they had done at the lock.
He noticed that Tl*m*nch*l had reslung his gun belt outside his own protective covering, that Eichra Oren even had his sword of office handy, slapping at his plastic-covered thigh, and realized that his own little pistol, the Kahr K9, was buttoned up under his suit where it couldn't do him any good.
That seaweed, could it make them some form of protective covering?
Behind them was a rack of energy units, each canister also in protective covering.
But on worlds where atmospheric conditions are such that we must wear protective covering and life-support systems at all times, the T-pack is built into the transparent facial mask.
She'd seen one once, like the seedpod of some plant that expels its seeds with a wrenching destruction of the once-protective covering.
Within their protective covering, the Gungans waited patiently, weapons ready, trusting the strength of their shield.