covertn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌvət/,

/ˈkəʊvəːt/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊvərt/,

/koʊˈvərt/

Forms: Forms Middle English–1600s couert, Middle English Scottish cowert, Middle English coouert, coovert, cowart, Middle English–1500s couerte, Middle English– covert.

Etymology: < French couvert, < couvert , past participle of couvrir to cover: see covert adj.

1. gen. A covering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering

wrielsc825

coverc1320

hillingc1325

eyelida1382

covering1382

casea1398

coverta1400

tegumentc1440

hacklea1450

coverturec1450

housingc1450

deck1466

heeler1495

housera1522

coverlet1551

shrouda1561

kever1570

vele1580

periwig1589

hap1593

opercle1598

integument?1611

blanketa1616

cask1646

operiment1650

coverlid1654

tegment1656

shell?1677

muff1687

operculum1738

tegmen1807

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > a bed-cover

strailc725

coverta1400

covering1459

a1400 Stac. Rome 768 Vppon his hed A covert of brasse.

a1400 Cov. Myst. 140 I suppose that this woman slepte Withowtyn alle coverte.

1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 90 My bed was straw..without any couert at all.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) vii. 303 His Head vailed with a Wooden covert.

1633 G. Herbert Search in Temple viii What covert dare eclipse thy face?

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 76 Provident nature hath wrapped them [sc. wall-nuts] in so many coverts.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 146 Sheltered from the cold Air by a moveable Covert.

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 82 With blood-stain'd covert rent.

a. That which serves for concealment, protection, or shelter; a hiding place, shelter; = cover n.¹ 3a.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun]

hidelsc975

hidela1300

bushc1330

hulkc1330

derna1340

tapissinga1340

coverta1375

hiding1382

loting-placea1398

cover14..

hiding placec1440

mewa1450

closetc1450

hole1483

cure1502

secret1530

shrouding place1571

ivy-bush1576

coney burrowa1586

hidlings1597

foxhole1606

shrouding corner1610

recess1611

subterfuge1616

latibule1623

latebra1626

blind1646

privacy1648

hide1649

retreat1697

rathole1770

hidey-hole1817

tod hole1846

hulster1880

hideout1885

cwtch1890

castle1898

lurk1906

stash1927

hideaway1930

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > giving or affording shelter > that which

coverta1375

cover14..

cure1502

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2217 No couert miȝt þei kacche, þe cuntre was so playne.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 582 Towart the cowert can he ga.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 71 Couert of treis sawit him full weille.

1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. G.v^v Whyche also shall make bryghte the couertes of darkenesse.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 113 In this City, Sheba the rebell, pursued by Joab..took covert.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 87 They did all creep out of their Holes and Coverts.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 302 Firing from behind stone walls, and such like coverts.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 80 A surer covert for the thief than night.

1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxii. 463 No thicket offered covert, no swamp a refuge from cavalry.

b. figurative. = cover n.¹ 3d.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun]

shadowc1200

blindfolding?c1225

coverturec1374

hiding1382

veilc1384

palliation?c1425

covert1574

panoply1576

hoodwink1577

mask1597

cover1600

screena1616

pretexture1618

purdah1621

subterfuge1621

tecture1624

coverlet1628

domino1836

face shield1842

concealment1847

protective colouring1873

camouflage1885

protective coloration1892

smokescreen1926

cover-up1927

scrim1942

marzipan1945

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 1 b Vnder the couerts of figures, [rather] than in open speeche.

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) vii. 148 Hipocrisie draweth neer to religion for couert.

1713 S. Pycroft Brief Enq. Free-thinking 30 Free-Thinking is made the common Covert for Scepticism.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 128 Publicity Stopped further fear..and what tale Cowardice thinks a covert.

c. †by covert: under cover, covertly. †in (into) covert: in concealment; in hiding, or disguise, secretly; rarely, in safety. in (the) covert of: in the shelter of; †rarely, in shelter from. [Compare French à couvert de in both senses.] under covert: under cover, in shelter; †in concealment, under a disguise. under (the) covert of: (literal and figurative) under the shelter, authority, or countenance of; under the veil or disguise of; †under cover of (a letter).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > in safety or security

in safe?a1425

in safeguard?c1450

in (into) covert1477

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb]

by covert1477

secretly1535

in coverc1540

hiddenly1580

tectly1587

in(to) smoke1924

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb]

under covert1477

cloakedlya1500

disguisedly1631

umbrageouslya1649

incognito1649

wrappingly1649

incog1709

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [phrase] > in or under the shelter of

in, under (the) lee (ofOE

under covert1477

under (the) covert of1477

under coverc1540

under the shelter of1595

in (the) covert of1611

under (the) cover of1726

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope

coverture1587

by covert1655

envelopea1715

letter cover1741

cover1747

letter case1823

wrapper1846

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy Proem in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 8 Bacon, and Raimond, with others many moe Wrote under covert, and Aristotle alsoe.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 528 [He] held hym in-to cowert ay.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxiv. 137 Whiche [trestelles] shal serve to make aleyes undre couert.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxiii. 636 They came downe in a valey by couerte..but the valyaunt knyght..spyed them.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13652 His cuntre [he] keppit in couert & pes To the last of his lyf.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. f. 113 Neither is there anythyng..so close under coverte, which shall not..be uncouered.

1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xvii. 8 And under covert of thy winges defend me secretly.

1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 106^v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Vnder the Couert of that name you doo..set forth your owne errour.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 2 If you have any delight in his felowshyp, use the same rather in covert..at home.

1611 Bible (King James) Job xl. 21 He lieth..in the couert of the reede.

1641 J. Wilkins Mercury ii. 20 Arguments..when they steal into a mans assent, under the covert of a parable.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxii. 59 I receiv'd your last under the covert of Sir John Sackvill.

1678 A. Lovell tr. La Fontaine Mil. Duties Cavalry 141 Ditches, Hedges, little Hillocks, and..every thing that may put the Souldiers under Covert.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 Thy Bees a quiet Station find, And lodge 'em under Covert of the Wind.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Sit here with us, in covert of the Wind.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xx. 165 Walls,..under the Covert of which the Vessels had Protection.

1773 H. More Search after Happiness i. 134 The Dame..Dwells in the covert of yon green retreat.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 305 He under covert fought of the broad shield.

1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. vi. 382 Every theory of roofing and lighting which places the whole of an Assyrian palace under covert.

3. A place which gives shelter to wild animals or game; esp. a thicket; = cover n.¹ 4a.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > covert

covert1494

cover1719

bouquet1875

1199 Rot. Chartarum 21 Sex acras terræ in foresta nostra..juxta coopertum bosci.]

1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 It is ordained..that no Man..drive them out of their Coverts.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Iv^v Couertes or boroughes, wherein..he maie fynde game at pleasure.

1594 M. Drayton Matilda sig. E4 Like a Roe..to the couert doth himselfe betake.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋10 Sportsmen who boast of killing the foxes which they lodge in the covert.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 2 Wolves..infested the woods and coverts.

1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 19 The spiked palmetto forms an impenetrable covert.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 72 Am I to..Be with hind that haunts the covert?

figurative.1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 19 Tradition..that wild, and overgrowne Covert of antiquity.1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 110 The Hedge-hog..within his Covert or Thicket of Prickles.

†4. The technical term for a flock or ‘company’ of coots. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot) > collectively

covertc1430

c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (1822) 30 A couerte of cootes.

1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj b A Couert of cootes.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 33. ]

5. Ornithology in plural. Feathers that cover the bases of the larger feathers on some particular part of the body, e.g. tail-coverts, wing-coverts, esp. the latter.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > covering base of large feathers (collective)

covert-feather1575

cover-feather1769

covert1774

coverture1861

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. vii. xiii The coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green.

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 290 The middle coverts deep blue, glossed with green and gold.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. ii. 179 The great coverts of the wings are stiff, narrow and pointed.

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 8 The ear covert..consists of certain feathers that cover the external organ of hearing.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 351/1 The feathers which lie immediately over the quill-feathers are the ‘greater coverts’..The small feathers..upon the bones of the antebrachium..the ‘lesser coverts’.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. i. iv. §1. 73 The wing-coverts are brownish, with the greater coverts white.

†6.

a. Law. In under covert= coverture n. 9.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > condition or position of

coverture1542

under covert1563

under covert-baron1581

matronage?1585

matronship1831

matronhood1836

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Matrimony, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 506 She is under covert and obedience of her husband.

1677 W. Sherlock Answer Scandalous Pamphlet 67 A Wife under covert is secured from all Arrests at Law.

1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 262. ⁋4 She was now under Covert, and not liable to any Debts contracted when she was a single Woman.

b. transferred. Authority, jurisdiction.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun]

doomc1000

strengthOE

obediencea1225

bandon?c1225

mastery?c1225

authority1340

bailliec1380

obeisancea1393

baila1400

mastership?a1425

jurisdictionc1425

masterdomc1475

reformation1523

maistrice1526

swinge1531

potentness1581

obey1584

masterfulnessa1586

prevailance1592

covert1596

magistrality1603

command1608

magistery1642

magisteriality1646

sway1765

tenure1871

1596 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 5) I. 195/1 Bishops and priests ought not to come vnder the couert [1583 court] and controlment of temporall power.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 3.)

covert-bough n.

ΚΠ

1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 360 The birds that shot the covert boughs between.

covert-shooting n.

ΚΠ

1885 New Bk. Sports 34 The physical aspects of covert-shooting..have changed very much.

covert-side n.

ΚΠ

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. x. 305 He mounts his hack, and is off to the covert-side.

C2.

covert cloth n. = covert coating n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for coats, cloaks, or shawls

coating1802

shawlingc1806

Petersham1812

cloaking1840

frocking1864

overcoating1865

ulstering1888

pink1889

mantling1893

covert cloth1895

coat-facing1900

covert coating1900

bluey1934

1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. List, Autumn & Winter Designs (caption) Walking Gown..in Melton and Covert Cloths... Covert Cloth Gown.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) Children's Covert Cloth Reefers. Lightweight serviceable Reefer Coats for children.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 222 The best covert cloth is made from wool... Covert is also now made of rayon, cotton and synthetics.

covert coat n. a short light overcoat worn while shooting, riding, etc., and as a dust-coat.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of

pee1483

shuba1598

surtout1686

wrap-rascal1716

pea-jacket1717

box coat1718

toggy1742

jockey-coata1745

redingote1770

Polonese coat1774

pea coat1790

spencer1795

grego1809

benjamin1810

bang-up1835

pilot jacket1839

pilot coat1840

Petersham1842

taglioni1843

Chesterfield1852

siphonia1853

raglan1857

Inverness overcoat1865

immensikoff1870

Ulster1876

ulsterette1881

coat1889

polonaise1890

covert coata1893

benny1903

macfarlane1920

a1893 Mod. Advt. Waterproof Venetian covert coats.

1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 168/2 Special covert coat materials.

1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 16 A covert coat over his blazer.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale v. 74 A fawn-coloured covert-coat with large buttons.

1960 ‘R. East’ Kingston Black viii. 77 Marty appeared in his covert coat.

covert coating n. material, usually waterproof, for covert coats.

ΘΚΠ

coating1802

shawlingc1806

Petersham1812

cloaking1840

frocking1864

overcoating1865

ulstering1888

pink1889

mantling1893

covert cloth1895

coat-facing1900

covert coating1900

bluey1934

1900 ‘Major of To-day’ Clothes & Man ii. 61 A good useful riding or driving coat is made of a heavy covert coating material.

1906 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 8/5 A charming coat..made in biscuit-coloured covert-coating.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 662/2 Covert coating, medium-weight fabric with a twill effect on the surface.

covert-feather n. = 5.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > covering base of large feathers (collective)

covert-feather1575

cover-feather1769

covert1774

coverture1861

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 189 Fasten a Bell vpon the two couert feathers of your Hawkes Stearne.

1761 G. Edwards in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 835 The..covert feathers of the wings and tail.

1867 B. P. Brent in W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons (1867) xxi. 171 The whole of the lesser covert feathers of the wing shoulders.

covert hack n. a horse for riding to the ‘meet’, or to the covert, where he is exchanged for the hunter.

ΚΠ

1798 Morning Post & Gazetteer 1 May (advt.) George, a Brown ditto, eight years old, has been used as a covert hack, and in the summer to harness, in which he is remarkably clever and steady.

1912 Manch. Guardian 23 Jan. 14 The motor-car..being used to follow hounds without any pretence of their acting as covert hacks.

1982 Times 15 May 18 The function of the show hack, as opposed to that of the Park of Covert hack, has always been imprecise.

2001 R. Belben Hound Music (2002) 191 The smart covert hack Absalom, who got one with no exertion at twelve miles an hour to a distant meet.

† covert-parent n. Obsolete parental authority or protection (after covert-baron).

ΚΠ

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 110 Being grown virgins of pretty stature, they were closely kept under covert-parent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

covertadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌvət/,

/ˈkəʊvəːt/,

/kəʊˈvəːt/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊvərt/,

/koʊˈvərt/,

/ˈkəvərt/

Forms: Middle English–1600s couert(e, Middle English couuerte, 1500s couvert, Middle English– covert.

Etymology: < Old French covert, later couvert < Latin coopertum , past participle of covrir , couvrir < Latin cooperīre to cover v.¹

a. literal. Covered, hidden; roofed over; overgrown; sheltered. Now rare.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed

covert1393

roofed1555

heeled1578

unreaved1646

covered1667

roofy1697

cleithral1849

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltered

sheltered1597

covert1610

covered1685

screened1696

shrouded1841

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective]

greeneOE

strongc1230

verdant1590

shrubby1598

shaggy1605

tufted1606

tufty1612

covered1632

vegetated1697

covert1707

verdurous1717

shagged1784

matted1791

vegetive1855

scrubbed1870

flourishing1883

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 227 For gladly wolde I..holde me covert alway.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) v. 22 Blanchardyn..holdynge the couert wayes, because..he shold not be folowed or ouer taken.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. iv. comm. Covert passage about seven foot in height.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 271 You are..to Plant a Couert Alley, vpon Carpenters Worke..by which you may goe in Shade.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 241 The Fox is..very prejudicial to the Husbandman,..especially..near great Forest-woods and covert places.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iii. 103 This covert nook reports not of his hand.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 40 All is green, solitary, covert.

†b. Fortif. covert way n. = covered adj. way.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > covered ways

way1481

corridor1591

covert way1591

caponier1683

covered-way1685

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 311 The way which is made in the counterscarpe which is commonly called the covert-way.

1688 J. S. Fortification 27 The Covert or close way..left above the Moat next the open Field.

1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 361 Turning them by the covert way.

†c. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1713 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋4 This Covert-way of Courtship.

1774 J. W. Fletcher Hist. Ess. in First Pt. Equal Check 12 The covert way of pharisaism.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 401 The beaver has a covert way bored under the ice.

a. figurative. Concealed, hidden, secret; disguised.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective]

dernc897

dighela1000

hid?c1225

stillc1275

stillyc1275

covertc1303

secrec1374

secret1399

secretivec1470

covered1484

dark1532

underhid1532

hiddena1547

concealed1558

abstruse1576

unshewing1598

mystical1600

of secreta1616

mystica1625

subterraneous1652

researched1653

hugger-mugger1692

hidlingsa1810

sub rosa1824

cachet1837

cloak and dagger1841

theftuous1881

q.t.1910

closet1966

down-low1991

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective]

privya1398

palliate?a1425

beguiled1561

masked1567

covert1574

retired1596

remote1601

palliated1612

unsuspected1620

lapped1637

sopited1646

veiled1651

perdua1734

ulterior1735

screened1844

marzipanned1979

c1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 389 Ȝyf hyt be shewede here apert, Yn ouþer stede hyt ys couert.

a1400 Robbery in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 38 A covert thefte dos he in case.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 50 The couert thoughts and delights of the minde.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 73^v Condition implyed, or covert and not expressed, which is called a condition in Law.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 187 Wage covert war or open?

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 117 It was a covert attempt on the French side to disguise Catholic emancipation.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. 4. §631 The words..were taken as conveying a covert threat.

b. of looks, glances.

ΚΠ

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 4 The pathway..brought him close to the house, towards which, and especially towards one particular window, he directed many covert glances.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 155 A covert glance at her face.

†3.

a. Of persons: Not open, close, secretive; sly, deceitful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive

dernOE

covert1340

secrec1385

secretc1440

mum1532

closec1540

whist1577

as silent as the grave1613

privatea1625

dark1650

uncommunicating1650

dry1681

uncommunicative1691

unexpansive1847

secretive1853

tight-lipped1876

cagey1909

zip-lipped1943

closet1948

coy1961

tight1977

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]

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hinderc1200

slidderya1250

covert1340

unwrast1393

slyc1440

slippery1555

fetching1570

shifting1581

as slippery as an eel1601

roundabout1608

corner-creeping1610

shuffling1616

prevaricatory1645

prevaricative1657

sliverly1674

whifflinga1680

sneak-pasty1681

slid1719

evasive1725

shauchling1755

shifty1837

slab-bridged1845

sneaky1861

pussy-footed1893

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

pussyfooting1926

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4489 Gog es als mykel at say, als covert, And Magog es noght elles bot als apert.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6152 Religiouse folk ben fulle covert; Seculer folk ben more appert.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxv. f. lxxxxiiii This Lewys was not so Couert in his werke..but that his vncle had thereof wyttyng.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 32 He was the couertst sheltred traitor That euer liu'd.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 94 Tiberius the most crafty and covert of all men.

b. Of words: Of hidden or obscure meaning or reference. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

dighela1000

deepc1000

darkOE

starkOE

dusk?c1225

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obnubilous?a1475

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obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective]

covert1393

sidelinga1500

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tacit1637

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inexplicit1827

inexpress1871

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 55 To speke in wordes so coverte.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 542/1 The couert and obscure wordes of..Christ.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 11 Chose rather a kind of middle-way..under covert and indifferent words.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 232 They have no fancy, and never are surprised into a covert or witty word.

4. Law. Said of a married woman: Under the cover, authority, or protection of her husband. See also feme covert n., covert-baron adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [adjective] > under protection of husband

covert1483

covert-baron1512

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 7 §3 Women covert.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xviii. f. 32^v If a woman couert with baron shall do homage, they shall knele before the lorde.

1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII (Stat. Irel. 1621) 149 The husband or friend of any woman covert.

1699 Act 10 & 11 Will. III c. 14 §2 Any person..within the age of 21 years, or covert, non compos, imprisoned, or beyond the seas.

1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 202 The instrument of 1790, executed by Margaret Henderson, being then covert.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† covertv.

Etymology: < covert n.

Obsolete.

transitive. To put a covering over; to cover, conceal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)]

beteec893

wryOE

heelOE

hilla1240

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theek1667

to do over1700

sheugh1755

occlude1879

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

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to keep close?1471

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buttress1820

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to stick away1900

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 147 In stre or other thynge To covert here is holsom husbondynge.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 385 This is husbondrie To covert hem with sumwhat whille thay drie.

1647 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre (ed. 3) iv. i. 166 The love of his loyall subjects, hitherto rather coverted then quenched.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.a1375

adj.c1303

v.c1420

单词	covert
释义	covertn. Brit. /ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkəʊvəːt/, U.S. /ˈkoʊvərt/, /koʊˈvərt/ Forms: Forms Middle English–1600s couert, Middle English Scottish cowert, Middle English coouert, coovert, cowart, Middle English–1500s couerte, Middle English– covert. Etymology: < French couvert, < couvert , past participle of couvrir to cover: see covert adj. 1. gen. A covering. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering wrielsc825 coverc1320 hillingc1325 eyelida1382 covering1382 casea1398 coverta1400 tegumentc1440 hacklea1450 coverturec1450 housingc1450 deck1466 heeler1495 housera1522 coverlet1551 shrouda1561 kever1570 vele1580 periwig1589 hap1593 opercle1598 integument?1611 blanketa1616 cask1646 operiment1650 coverlid1654 tegment1656 shell?1677 muff1687 operculum1738 tegmen1807 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > a bed-cover strailc725 coverta1400 covering1459 a1400 Stac. Rome 768 Vppon his hed A covert of brasse. a1400 Cov. Myst. 140 I suppose that this woman slepte Withowtyn alle coverte. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 90 My bed was straw..without any couert at all. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) vii. 303 His Head vailed with a Wooden covert. 1633 G. Herbert Search in Temple viii What covert dare eclipse thy face? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 76 Provident nature hath wrapped them [sc. wall-nuts] in so many coverts. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 146 Sheltered from the cold Air by a moveable Covert. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 82 With blood-stain'd covert rent. 2. a. That which serves for concealment, protection, or shelter; a hiding place, shelter; = cover n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] hidelsc975 hidela1300 bushc1330 hulkc1330 derna1340 tapissinga1340 coverta1375 hiding1382 loting-placea1398 cover14.. hiding placec1440 mewa1450 closetc1450 hole1483 cure1502 secret1530 shrouding place1571 ivy-bush1576 coney burrowa1586 hidlings1597 foxhole1606 shrouding corner1610 recess1611 subterfuge1616 latibule1623 latebra1626 blind1646 privacy1648 hide1649 retreat1697 rathole1770 hidey-hole1817 tod hole1846 hulster1880 hideout1885 cwtch1890 castle1898 lurk1906 stash1927 hideaway1930 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > giving or affording shelter > that which coverta1375 cover14.. cure1502 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2217 No couert miȝt þei kacche, þe cuntre was so playne. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 582 Towart the cowert can he ga. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 71 Couert of treis sawit him full weille. 1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. G.v^v Whyche also shall make bryghte the couertes of darkenesse. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 113 In this City, Sheba the rebell, pursued by Joab..took covert. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 87 They did all creep out of their Holes and Coverts. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 302 Firing from behind stone walls, and such like coverts. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 80 A surer covert for the thief than night. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxii. 463 No thicket offered covert, no swamp a refuge from cavalry. b. figurative. = cover n.¹ 3d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] shadowc1200 blindfolding?c1225 coverturec1374 hiding1382 veilc1384 palliation?c1425 covert1574 panoply1576 hoodwink1577 mask1597 cover1600 screena1616 pretexture1618 purdah1621 subterfuge1621 tecture1624 coverlet1628 domino1836 face shield1842 concealment1847 protective colouring1873 camouflage1885 protective coloration1892 smokescreen1926 cover-up1927 scrim1942 marzipan1945 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 1 b Vnder the couerts of figures, [rather] than in open speeche. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) vii. 148 Hipocrisie draweth neer to religion for couert. 1713 S. Pycroft Brief Enq. Free-thinking 30 Free-Thinking is made the common Covert for Scepticism. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 128 Publicity Stopped further fear..and what tale Cowardice thinks a covert. c. †by covert: under cover, covertly. †in (into) covert: in concealment; in hiding, or disguise, secretly; rarely, in safety. in (the) covert of: in the shelter of; †rarely, in shelter from. [Compare French à couvert de in both senses.] under covert: under cover, in shelter; †in concealment, under a disguise. under (the) covert of: (literal and figurative) under the shelter, authority, or countenance of; under the veil or disguise of; †under cover of (a letter). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > in safety or security in safe?a1425 in safeguard?c1450 in (into) covert1477 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb] by covert1477 secretly1535 in coverc1540 hiddenly1580 tectly1587 in(to) smoke1924 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb] under covert1477 cloakedlya1500 disguisedly1631 umbrageouslya1649 incognito1649 wrappingly1649 incog1709 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [phrase] > in or under the shelter of in, under (the) lee (ofOE under covert1477 under (the) covert of1477 under coverc1540 under the shelter of1595 in (the) covert of1611 under (the) cover of1726 society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope coverture1587 by covert1655 envelopea1715 letter cover1741 cover1747 letter case1823 wrapper1846 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy Proem in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 8 Bacon, and Raimond, with others many moe Wrote under covert, and Aristotle alsoe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 528 [He] held hym in-to cowert ay. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxiv. 137 Whiche [trestelles] shal serve to make aleyes undre couert. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxiii. 636 They came downe in a valey by couerte..but the valyaunt knyght..spyed them. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13652 His cuntre [he] keppit in couert & pes To the last of his lyf. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. f. 113 Neither is there anythyng..so close under coverte, which shall not..be uncouered. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xvii. 8 And under covert of thy winges defend me secretly. 1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 106^v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Vnder the Couert of that name you doo..set forth your owne errour. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 2 If you have any delight in his felowshyp, use the same rather in covert..at home. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xl. 21 He lieth..in the couert of the reede. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Wilkins Mercury ii. 20 Arguments..when they steal into a mans assent, under the covert of a parable. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxii. 59 I receiv'd your last under the covert of Sir John Sackvill. 1678 A. Lovell tr. La Fontaine Mil. Duties Cavalry 141 Ditches, Hedges, little Hillocks, and..every thing that may put the Souldiers under Covert. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 Thy Bees a quiet Station find, And lodge 'em under Covert of the Wind. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Sit here with us, in covert of the Wind. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xx. 165 Walls,..under the Covert of which the Vessels had Protection. 1773 H. More Search after Happiness i. 134 The Dame..Dwells in the covert of yon green retreat. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 305 He under covert fought of the broad shield. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. vi. 382 Every theory of roofing and lighting which places the whole of an Assyrian palace under covert. 3. A place which gives shelter to wild animals or game; esp. a thicket; = cover n.¹ 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > covert covert1494 cover1719 bouquet1875 1199 Rot. Chartarum 21 Sex acras terræ in foresta nostra..juxta coopertum bosci.] 1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 It is ordained..that no Man..drive them out of their Coverts. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Iv^v Couertes or boroughes, wherein..he maie fynde game at pleasure. 1594 M. Drayton Matilda sig. E4 Like a Roe..to the couert doth himselfe betake. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋10 Sportsmen who boast of killing the foxes which they lodge in the covert. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 2 Wolves..infested the woods and coverts. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 19 The spiked palmetto forms an impenetrable covert. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 72 Am I to..Be with hind that haunts the covert? figurative.1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 19 Tradition..that wild, and overgrowne Covert of antiquity.1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 110 The Hedge-hog..within his Covert or Thicket of Prickles. †4. The technical term for a flock or ‘company’ of coots. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot) > collectively covertc1430 c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (1822) 30 A couerte of cootes. 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj b A Couert of cootes. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 33. ] 5. Ornithology in plural. Feathers that cover the bases of the larger feathers on some particular part of the body, e.g. tail-coverts, wing-coverts, esp. the latter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > covering base of large feathers (collective) covert-feather1575 cover-feather1769 covert1774 coverture1861 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. vii. xiii The coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 290 The middle coverts deep blue, glossed with green and gold. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. ii. 179 The great coverts of the wings are stiff, narrow and pointed. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 8 The ear covert..consists of certain feathers that cover the external organ of hearing. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 351/1 The feathers which lie immediately over the quill-feathers are the ‘greater coverts’..The small feathers..upon the bones of the antebrachium..the ‘lesser coverts’. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. i. iv. §1. 73 The wing-coverts are brownish, with the greater coverts white. †6. a. Law. In under covert= coverture n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > condition or position of coverture1542 under covert1563 under covert-baron1581 matronage?1585 matronship1831 matronhood1836 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Matrimony, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 506 She is under covert and obedience of her husband. 1677 W. Sherlock Answer Scandalous Pamphlet 67 A Wife under covert is secured from all Arrests at Law. 1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 262. ⁋4 She was now under Covert, and not liable to any Debts contracted when she was a single Woman. b. transferred. Authority, jurisdiction. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] doomc1000 strengthOE obediencea1225 bandon?c1225 mastery?c1225 authority1340 bailliec1380 obeisancea1393 baila1400 mastership?a1425 jurisdictionc1425 masterdomc1475 reformation1523 maistrice1526 swinge1531 potentness1581 obey1584 masterfulnessa1586 prevailance1592 covert1596 magistrality1603 command1608 magistery1642 magisteriality1646 sway1765 tenure1871 1596 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 5) I. 195/1 Bishops and priests ought not to come vnder the couert [1583 court] and controlment of temporall power. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 3.) covert-bough n. ΚΠ 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 360 The birds that shot the covert boughs between. covert-shooting n. ΚΠ 1885 New Bk. Sports 34 The physical aspects of covert-shooting..have changed very much. covert-side n. ΚΠ 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. x. 305 He mounts his hack, and is off to the covert-side. C2. covert cloth n. = covert coating n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for coats, cloaks, or shawls coating1802 shawlingc1806 Petersham1812 cloaking1840 frocking1864 overcoating1865 ulstering1888 pink1889 mantling1893 covert cloth1895 coat-facing1900 covert coating1900 bluey1934 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. List, Autumn & Winter Designs (caption) Walking Gown..in Melton and Covert Cloths... Covert Cloth Gown. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) Children's Covert Cloth Reefers. Lightweight serviceable Reefer Coats for children. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 222 The best covert cloth is made from wool... Covert is also now made of rayon, cotton and synthetics. covert coat n. a short light overcoat worn while shooting, riding, etc., and as a dust-coat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of pee1483 shuba1598 surtout1686 wrap-rascal1716 pea-jacket1717 box coat1718 toggy1742 jockey-coata1745 redingote1770 Polonese coat1774 pea coat1790 spencer1795 grego1809 benjamin1810 bang-up1835 pilot jacket1839 pilot coat1840 Petersham1842 taglioni1843 Chesterfield1852 siphonia1853 raglan1857 Inverness overcoat1865 immensikoff1870 Ulster1876 ulsterette1881 coat1889 polonaise1890 covert coata1893 benny1903 macfarlane1920 a1893 Mod. Advt. Waterproof Venetian covert coats. 1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 168/2 Special covert coat materials. 1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 16 A covert coat over his blazer. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale v. 74 A fawn-coloured covert-coat with large buttons. 1960 ‘R. East’ Kingston Black viii. 77 Marty appeared in his covert coat. covert coating n. material, usually waterproof, for covert coats. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for coats, cloaks, or shawls coating1802 shawlingc1806 Petersham1812 cloaking1840 frocking1864 overcoating1865 ulstering1888 pink1889 mantling1893 covert cloth1895 coat-facing1900 covert coating1900 bluey1934 1900 ‘Major of To-day’ Clothes & Man ii. 61 A good useful riding or driving coat is made of a heavy covert coating material. 1906 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 8/5 A charming coat..made in biscuit-coloured covert-coating. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 662/2 Covert coating, medium-weight fabric with a twill effect on the surface. covert-feather n. = 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > covering base of large feathers (collective) covert-feather1575 cover-feather1769 covert1774 coverture1861 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 189 Fasten a Bell vpon the two couert feathers of your Hawkes Stearne. 1761 G. Edwards in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 835 The..covert feathers of the wings and tail. 1867 B. P. Brent in W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons (1867) xxi. 171 The whole of the lesser covert feathers of the wing shoulders. covert hack n. a horse for riding to the ‘meet’, or to the covert, where he is exchanged for the hunter. ΚΠ 1798 Morning Post & Gazetteer 1 May (advt.) George, a Brown ditto, eight years old, has been used as a covert hack, and in the summer to harness, in which he is remarkably clever and steady. 1912 Manch. Guardian 23 Jan. 14 The motor-car..being used to follow hounds without any pretence of their acting as covert hacks. 1982 Times 15 May 18 The function of the show hack, as opposed to that of the Park of Covert hack, has always been imprecise. 2001 R. Belben Hound Music (2002) 191 The smart covert hack Absalom, who got one with no exertion at twelve miles an hour to a distant meet. † covert-parent n. Obsolete parental authority or protection (after covert-baron). ΚΠ 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 110 Being grown virgins of pretty stature, they were closely kept under covert-parent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). covertadj. Brit. /ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkəʊvəːt/, /kəʊˈvəːt/, U.S. /ˈkoʊvərt/, /koʊˈvərt/, /ˈkəvərt/ Forms: Middle English–1600s couert(e, Middle English couuerte, 1500s couvert, Middle English– covert. Etymology: < Old French covert, later couvert < Latin coopertum , past participle of covrir , couvrir < Latin cooperīre to cover v.¹ 1. a. literal. Covered, hidden; roofed over; overgrown; sheltered. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed covert1393 roofed1555 heeled1578 unreaved1646 covered1667 roofy1697 cleithral1849 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltered sheltered1597 covert1610 covered1685 screened1696 shrouded1841 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] greeneOE strongc1230 verdant1590 shrubby1598 shaggy1605 tufted1606 tufty1612 covered1632 vegetated1697 covert1707 verdurous1717 shagged1784 matted1791 vegetive1855 scrubbed1870 flourishing1883 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 227 For gladly wolde I..holde me covert alway. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) v. 22 Blanchardyn..holdynge the couert wayes, because..he shold not be folowed or ouer taken. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. iv. comm. Covert passage about seven foot in height. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 271 You are..to Plant a Couert Alley, vpon Carpenters Worke..by which you may goe in Shade. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 241 The Fox is..very prejudicial to the Husbandman,..especially..near great Forest-woods and covert places. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iii. 103 This covert nook reports not of his hand. View more context for this quotation 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 40 All is green, solitary, covert. †b. Fortif. covert way n. = covered adj. way. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > covered ways way1481 corridor1591 covert way1591 caponier1683 covered-way1685 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 311 The way which is made in the counterscarpe which is commonly called the covert-way. 1688 J. S. Fortification 27 The Covert or close way..left above the Moat next the open Field. 1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 361 Turning them by the covert way. †c. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1713 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋4 This Covert-way of Courtship. 1774 J. W. Fletcher Hist. Ess. in First Pt. Equal Check 12 The covert way of pharisaism. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 401 The beaver has a covert way bored under the ice. 2. a. figurative. Concealed, hidden, secret; disguised. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] dernc897 dighela1000 hid?c1225 stillc1275 stillyc1275 covertc1303 secrec1374 secret1399 secretivec1470 covered1484 dark1532 underhid1532 hiddena1547 concealed1558 abstruse1576 unshewing1598 mystical1600 of secreta1616 mystica1625 subterraneous1652 researched1653 hugger-mugger1692 hidlingsa1810 sub rosa1824 cachet1837 cloak and dagger1841 theftuous1881 q.t.1910 closet1966 down-low1991 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] privya1398 palliate?a1425 beguiled1561 masked1567 covert1574 retired1596 remote1601 palliated1612 unsuspected1620 lapped1637 sopited1646 veiled1651 perdua1734 ulterior1735 screened1844 marzipanned1979 c1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 389 Ȝyf hyt be shewede here apert, Yn ouþer stede hyt ys couert. a1400 Robbery in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 38 A covert thefte dos he in case. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 50 The couert thoughts and delights of the minde. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 73^v Condition implyed, or covert and not expressed, which is called a condition in Law. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 187 Wage covert war or open? 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 117 It was a covert attempt on the French side to disguise Catholic emancipation. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. 4. §631 The words..were taken as conveying a covert threat. b. of looks, glances. ΚΠ 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 4 The pathway..brought him close to the house, towards which, and especially towards one particular window, he directed many covert glances. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 155 A covert glance at her face. †3. a. Of persons: Not open, close, secretive; sly, deceitful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive dernOE covert1340 secrec1385 secretc1440 mum1532 closec1540 whist1577 as silent as the grave1613 privatea1625 dark1650 uncommunicating1650 dry1681 uncommunicative1691 unexpansive1847 secretive1853 tight-lipped1876 cagey1909 zip-lipped1943 closet1948 coy1961 tight1977 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] slipperc1000 hinderc1200 slidderya1250 covert1340 unwrast1393 slyc1440 slippery1555 fetching1570 shifting1581 as slippery as an eel1601 roundabout1608 corner-creeping1610 shuffling1616 prevaricatory1645 prevaricative1657 sliverly1674 whifflinga1680 sneak-pasty1681 slid1719 evasive1725 shauchling1755 shifty1837 slab-bridged1845 sneaky1861 pussy-footed1893 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 pussyfooting1926 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4489 Gog es als mykel at say, als covert, And Magog es noght elles bot als apert. c1400 Rom. Rose 6152 Religiouse folk ben fulle covert; Seculer folk ben more appert. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxv. f. lxxxxiiii This Lewys was not so Couert in his werke..but that his vncle had thereof wyttyng. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 32 He was the couertst sheltred traitor That euer liu'd. View more context for this quotation 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 94 Tiberius the most crafty and covert of all men. b. Of words: Of hidden or obscure meaning or reference. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] covert1393 sidelinga1500 implieda1535 insinuate1534 understood1576 implicative1602 insinuated1605 reserved1607 whispered1608 interpretative1610 implicit1613 tacit1637 tacid1651 adumbrative1751 inexplicit1827 inexpress1871 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 55 To speke in wordes so coverte. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 542/1 The couert and obscure wordes of..Christ. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 11 Chose rather a kind of middle-way..under covert and indifferent words. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 232 They have no fancy, and never are surprised into a covert or witty word. 4. Law. Said of a married woman: Under the cover, authority, or protection of her husband. See also feme covert n., covert-baron adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [adjective] > under protection of husband covert1483 covert-baron1512 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 7 §3 Women covert. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xviii. f. 32^v If a woman couert with baron shall do homage, they shall knele before the lorde. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII (Stat. Irel. 1621) 149 The husband or friend of any woman covert. 1699 Act 10 & 11 Will. III c. 14 §2 Any person..within the age of 21 years, or covert, non compos, imprisoned, or beyond the seas. 1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 202 The instrument of 1790, executed by Margaret Henderson, being then covert. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † covertv. Etymology: < covert n. Obsolete. transitive. To put a covering over; to cover, conceal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] beteec893 wryOE heelOE hilla1240 forhilla1300 covera1400 curea1400 covertc1420 paviliona1509 overdeck1509 heild?a1513 deck?1521 overhale1568 line1572 skin1618 operculate1623 endue1644 theek1667 to do over1700 sheugh1755 occlude1879 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 147 In stre or other thynge To covert here is holsom husbondynge. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 385 This is husbondrie To covert hem with sumwhat whille thay drie. 1647 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre (ed. 3) iv. i. 166 The love of his loyall subjects, hitherto rather coverted then quenched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1375adj.c1303v.c1420
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