All 6 Uses of
covert
in
Lord of the Flies
- If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return, if you could forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny coverts on either side, then there was a chance that you might put the beast out of mind and dream for a while.†
p. 109..2
- Roger called from the coverts.†
p. 111..8 *
- The boar's note changed to a squeal and it swerved aside into the covert.†
p. 113..3
- They surrounded the covert but the sow got away with the sting of another spear in her flank.†
p. 135..0
- CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters Ralph lay in a covert, wondering about his wounds.†
p. 183..0
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- He stopped before a covert.
p. 134..9 *covert = a hidden or sheltered place; or done in a secret or hidden way
Definitions:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, covert is used as a noun to describe a hidden or sheltered place.
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way