couvert
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of couvert
C18: from French
Example Sentences
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Even a little more severity of aspect would have better suited the part, and rendered le grand couvert encore plus grand.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
This morning, as usual, I attended the petit couvert, and found myself alone in the breakfast-room, where covers were laid for two.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
Only, at a farther table, a couvert for one person, set by itself, remained still untouched.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphry Ward
It was with the joy of great relief that he heard Ellis say to his underling, "Numéro cinq, sur la terrace, un couvert."
From The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis
Needless to add, I had no intention to touch at Fontainebleau or disturb the petit couvert of the King.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
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