tegument

noun2

1. •
   Something which covers; a covering or coating.

   • 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21) — 1658
2. •
   A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.