covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.-sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.-under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.-a place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.-one of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. see illust. of bird.