Obs. rare. [ad. L. tect-us, pa. pple. of tegĕre to cover.] Covered, hidden. (Const. as pa. pple. See also TECTLY.) So † Tected.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., VI. 180. With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte. Ibid., VIII. 79. The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, Ywombed side, and tecte in whitest wolle.
c. 1557. Abp. Parker, Ps. cxv. 332. Why els no doubt, the Heathen sect, Would say where is their God so tect?
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 459. The shells wherewith they are tected.
