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encrypted key

Definitions:

  Key that has been encrypted in a system approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for key encryption.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSI 4005

  A cryptographic key that has been encrypted using an approved cryptographic algorithm in order to disguise the value of the underlying plaintext key.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Encrypted key