Related Clues:

• Blanket? No place for lapwing to produce eggs
• Covering too much, obscuring area
• Was too prone to apply veneer?
• Cover sweetheart front to back with 'erbage
• Covering too much in article -- the opposite
• Gold leaf, e.g
• Indulge in too much sex, as printers might do?
• Too stifling a covering
• Decorate article that's boring too
• Something that goes on top of something else
• Spread; put something on top of something else
• Face deliveries by amateur