covert (redirected from covertly)

covert

1. Law See feme covert Compare discovert

2. a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game

3. short for covert cloth

4. Ornithol any of the small feathers on the wings and tail of a bird that surround the bases of the larger feathers

5. a flock of coots

---

covert [′kō·vərt]

(ecology)

A refuge or shelter, such as a coppice, for game animals.

(textiles)

A tightly woven woolen twill fabric made by using a single-color yarn for filling threads and yarns in two different shades in the warp.