Protective covering crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters

To support your crossword progress, we’ve assembled these answers for “Protective covering” based on completed puzzles where nearly identical clues appeared and were matched with these terms.

Possible Answers:

  • SHELL
  • SKIN
  • ARMOUR
  • SHROUD
  • SHELTER
  • CASING
  • SHEATH
  • FACEMASK
  • COCOON
  • SMOCK
  • TARP
  • SHIELD
  • ARMORPLATE
  • COAT
  • ROOF

Synonyms and Definitions

SHELL

  • Synonyms: beat, beat out, blast, carapace, case, casing, crush, cuticle, eggshell, husk, plate, racing shell, scale, shield, trounce, vanquish

SKIN

  • Synonyms: bark, clamber, cutis, hide, pare, peel, pelt, scramble, scrape, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle, tegument

ARMOUR

  • Synonyms: armor

SHROUD

  • Synonyms: cerement, cover, enshroud, mainsheet, pall, sheet, tack, weather sheet, winding-clothes, winding-sheet

SHELTER

  • Synonyms: protection, tax shelter

CASING

  • Synonyms: encase, incase, shell

SHEATH

  • Synonyms: cocktail dress

SMOCK

  • Synonyms: dust coat, duster, gabardine, gaberdine

TARP

  • Synonyms: tarpaulin

SHIELD

  • Synonyms: buckler, harbor, harbour, screen

COAT

  • Synonyms: cake, coating, pelage, surface

ROOF

  • Synonyms: cap, ceiling

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