break covert
Example Sentences
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First to break covert was Frederick, Mr. Fletcher's assistant.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Again and again Hepsey led the conversation around to the point where it seemed as if he must break covert, but he remained oblivious, and changed the subject readily.
From Hepsey Burke by Frank N. (Frank Noyes) Westcott
And then, though a fox will not long run up wind, he will break covert up wind, as often as not.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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 James Runciman
"Therefore wait with me," she said; "For on this little knoll, if anywhere, There is good chance that we shall hear the hounds: Here often they break covert at our feet."
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
