Covert

Cov´ert Pronunciation: k?v´?rt

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

How covert matters may be best disclosed.

- Shak.

Whether of open war or covert guile.

- Milton

Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.

Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.

- Bacon.

(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.

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.

(Zool.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Noun	1.	covert - a flock of coots
	2.	covert - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" Synonyms: cover, concealment, screen
Adj.	1.	covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" Antonyms: overt, open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"
	2.	covert - of a wife; under the protection of her husband

COVERT, BARON. A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or protection of her husband, baron or lord.

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