Feme covert
/fɛmˈkʌvət/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A married woman. historical
"[…]—you, Diana Vernon, spinstress, not being a femme covert; and being a convict popish recusant, are bound to repair to your own dwelling, and that by the nearest way, under penalty of being held felon to the king—[…]"
Example
More examples"[…]—you, Diana Vernon, spinstress, not being a femme covert; and being a convict popish recusant, are bound to repair to your own dwelling, and that by the nearest way, under penalty of being held felon to the king—[…]"
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) covert (“covered, protected”).