covert Definition

covert
adj

1. Secret; concealed.

Thesaurus: secret, clandestine, surreptitious, hidden, ulterior, sneaky, stealthy, dissembled, veiled; Antonym: open, public.

noun

1. A thicket or woodland providing cover for game.
2. A shelter for animals.
3. ornithol.
Any of the small feathers that surround the bases of the large quill feathers of the wings and tails of a bird.

Derivative: covertly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: French, from covrir to cover.