All 5 Uses of
covert
in
War and Peace
- As soon as they had passed the fence they all spread out evenly and quietly, without noise or talk, along the road and field leading to the Otradnoe covert.†
Chpt 7 *
- "Take the covert at once, for my Girchik says the Ilagins are at Korniki with their hounds.†
Chpt 7
- The oasis of the Otradnoe covert came in sight a few hundred yards off, the huntsmen were already nearing it.†
Chpt 7
- Leaped a fearful place; what a sight when they rushed from the covert…. the horse worth a thousand rubles and the rider beyond all price!†
Chpt 7
- He hoped to become better acquainted with the count and invited him to draw his covert.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(covert as in: a covert plan) done in a secret or hidden way