covert

UK
/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɜrt/
covertnoun
coverts
pl
UK
/ˈkʌv.ət/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɝːt/
Translations
The hunters searched the covert for signs of deer.
Les chasseurs ont fouillé le fourré à la recherche de traces de cerfs.
The spy found a covert to hide from his pursuers.
L’espion a trouvé une cachette pour se cacher de ses poursuivants.
Additional translations
tectriceterme d’ornithologie
couverteterme juridique archaïque, dans l’expression femme couverte
Definitions
A thicket in which game can hide.
The hunters searched the covert for signs of deer.
A shelter or hiding place.
The spy found a covert to hide from his pursuers.
(Ornithology) One of the small feathers that cover the bases of the primary and secondary flight feathers on a bird's wing or tail.
The ornithologist carefully lifted the bird's coverts to examine its primary feathers.
Law, archaic: A married woman who is under the protection and authority of her husband.
The statute distinguished between a feme sole and a feme covert for purposes of property ownership.
Synonyms
covertadjective
more covert
Comp.
most covert
Super.
UK
/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/
US
/ˈkoʊ.vɜrt/
Translations
The spy was on a covert mission to gather intelligence from the enemy camp.
L’espion était en mission cachée pour recueillir des renseignements dans le camp ennemi.
Additional translations
couvertterme juridique archaïque
Definitions
Not openly acknowledged or displayed; secret or hidden.
The spy was on a covert mission to gather intelligence from the enemy camp.
Law, archaic: Under the protection or authority of a husband; married and subject to coverture.
In nineteenth-century England, a woman became covert upon marriage, losing many legal rights.