Covert /(k?v"?rt)/

Cov·ert

Covert

a.
  1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
    How covert matters may be best disclosed.
    Whether of open war or covert guile.
  2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
    Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
  3. 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. (Law)

Phrases & Compounds
Covert way
See Covered way, under Covered.

Covert

n.
  1. 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.
  2. One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird. (Zool.)