dust cover

American  

noun

1. a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.

2. book jacket.

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dust cover British  

noun

1. another name for dustsheet

2. another name for dust jacket

3. a perspex cover for the turntable of a record player

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Etymology

Origin of dust cover

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Of course that didn’t happen and the show sat under dust covers for two years.

From Salon

The ground is hard like flint and when the wind blows across the plains, dust covers the squatters and all that they carry.

From BBC

It is illustrated in black and white by Tolkien - who also designed the dust cover.

From BBC

A thick blanket of dust covers the stairs, and it gets stuffier the farther down we go.

From Literature

I kicked at the gravel, letting the dust cover my legs.

From Literature