break covert

Example Sentences

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

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

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

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

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

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

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