Obs. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To put a covering over; to cover, conceal.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 147. In stre or other thynge To covert here is holsom husbondynge. Ibid., I. 385. This is husbondrie To covert hem with sumwhat whille thay drie.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, IV. i. (1840), 175. The love of his loyal subjects, hitherto rather coverted than quenched.
