covert

Definition

• n. a flock of coots
• adj. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
• adj. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

Word forms

Plural

coverts

Example sentences

1. a.

   The spy used a covert method to gather information without being seen.

2. n.

   The rabbit found a safe covert among the bushes to hide from predators.