Covert
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Covered, protected, sheltered, A pound covert is one that is close or cov ered over, as distinguished from ound overt, Whichis open overhead. Co. Litt. 476; 3 Bl. Comm. 12. <A feme covert is so called, as being under the wing, protection, or cover of her husband.
1 Bl. Comm. 442,