a. | 1. | Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. | |||
2. | Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; | ||||
3. | (Law) Under cover, authority or protection;
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n. | 1. | A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. | |||
2. | (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" | |
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" |
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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