break covert
Example Sentences
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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
First to break covert was Frederick, Mr. Fletcher's assistant.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
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
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
