Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-tĕgo, texi, tectum, 3
* To cover over, to shelter, protect (poet. and in postAug. prose): cavo praetegit aere caput (al. protegit),Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 12: quae somnium (tuum) saxa praetexerint,i. e. the rocks that sheltered your repose,Plin. Pan. 15: praetecto capite,Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 112.—Trop.: vitia sua capillis et pallio, et (quod maximum est velamentum) divitiis praetegebat,Lact. 5, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary