資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Covered \Cov"ered\ (k?v"?rd), a.
   Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.

   {Covered way} (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top
      of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose
      slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line
      of communication around the works, and a standing place
      beyond the ditch. See Illust. of {Ravelin}.