A protective covering or cap designed to shield something from dew and moisture, or to collect dew.
Compound of dew + cap. Likely an archaic or dialectal agricultural term for protective coverings on plants or equipment.
This is such an evocative old word—farmers actually had specific names for the practical covers they used to protect delicate crops from overnight dew damage.
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