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Covert
Definitions
- 1 Secret, surreptitious, concealed. figuratively
"covert operations"
- 2 Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered. archaic
"Within that wood there was a covert glade, Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]"
- 3 Under coverture. historical
"feme covert"
- 1 secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed wordnet
- 2 (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A covering.
- 2 a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something wordnet
- 3 A disguise.
- 4 a flock of coots wordnet
- 5 A hiding place.
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- 6 Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
- 7 A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
"When he felt the trappings being taken off him, so that he was in hunting order, Cully did make some movements as if to rouse. He raised his crest, his shoulder coverts and the soft feathers of his thighs."
Etymology
From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest.
From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest.
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