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

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

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

"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 Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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 Trollope, Anthony

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

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph