break covert

Example Sentences

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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

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 Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)

First to break covert was Frederick, Mr. Fletcher's assistant.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

We stood waiting silently for an eternity, as one waits for a hare to break covert before the beaters.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Standing behind a bush we were partially concealed, and I waited in expectation that some animals might break covert in my direction.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir