break covert
Example Sentences
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The fox never even had occasion to break covert, and the gay assemblage rode away towards Branspath before two o'clock in the afternoon.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
We stood waiting silently for an eternity, as one waits for a hare to break covert before the beaters.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
This would compel him to break covert, either directly from the swamp, or by one of the dry gorges mentioned.
From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Herbert, Henry William
This was not more than 80 yards across; thus I could command both sides should a bear break covert, when disturbed by my two beaters; there could not have been a more favourable locality.
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Only the face of the elephant was exposed, and as this was grayish brown, something similar to the colour of the leafless bushes, we were hardly noticeable to anything that might break covert.
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
