Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒverāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒverāǧe n. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF couvrage a cover. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A charge for having or using a booth or stall (at the fair).
Associated quotations
- (1462) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.60 : That the coverage otherwise callid the stondyng of all merchaunts I hadd In the Mersshe for the tyme of the Fayre, that the profits..there of goo and turne to the Chambre of Bristowe.