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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coverture \Cov"er*ture\ (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), noun [OF. coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defense; 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}.
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