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Quotation dates: 1957
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COVERBAND, n.comb. See quot. and cf. Band, n.1, 1. (9).Gall. 1957 F. Rainsford-Hannay Dry Stone Walling 34:
Coverband or Covers: These also are throughbands. They are shorter than the main throughbands and are laid touching each other along the top of the double dyke.
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