n. (Old Law) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]