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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1475-1529
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Covert, Cowert, n. Also: cowart. [ME. covert (c 1350), OF. covert.]
1. A hiding place.1375 Barb. v. 563.
Thai com all thre in a cowert 1375 Ib. 582.
Forouten followis ma, Towart the cowert can he ga c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 70.
Feille folowit him … , To tak Wallace: bot … Couert of treis sawit him full weille 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 281/1.
The said Paris, with all his men of armes, ischit out of ther covertis vpone thaim
2. In, into, or under covert, in concealment or hiding; concealed, hid.1375 Barb. vi. 528.
About ane hill he held his way, And held hym in-to cowert ay 1375 Ib. vii. 507.
Fra Carleill all on nychtis ryde, And in covert on dayis byde c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2418.
Peleus durst nocht in apert, Abyde, bot held him in covert a1500 Henr. Fab. 1964.
Thow can in couert creip, Upon thy wame c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 258.
Wallace … In cowart went and vp the wattyr past c1475 Ib. xi. 331.
He gert the schip in cowert saill away 1494 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 67.
Wyld fowle … to be commonly sawld … at the merkat croce, and nocht vnder covert 1529 Ib. II. 6.
That thai bring thar stuff … opinlie to sell at the merkat cors, and nocht to be haldin in covert under cloikis or gounis
