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.