4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covert \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See {Covert}, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv 6.
The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of {Bird}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Covert \Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of
couvrir See {Cover}, v. t.]
1. Covered over private; hid; secret; disguised.
How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as a feme
covert, a married woman who is considered as being under
the protection and control of her husband.
{Covert way}, (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See {Hidden}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
covert
adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
funding for the rebels" [ant: {overt}]
2: (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
"they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
darkness" [syn: {screen}, {cover}, {concealment}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Covert, MI
Zip code(s): 49043
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