covey

[ kuhv-ee ]

noun

, plural cov·eys.

1. a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
2. a group, set, or company.

covey

/ ˈkʌvɪ /

noun

1. a small flock of grouse or partridge
2. a small group, as of people

Word History and Origins

Origin of covey¹

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English, variant of covee, from Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of feminine of past participle of cover “to hatch,” from Latin cubāre “to lie down”; couvade, concubine

Word History and Origins

Origin of covey¹

C14: from Old French covee, from cover to sit on, hatch; see couvade

Example Sentences

Cast: Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile.

From The Daily Beast

The dogs have struck the running trail, and their action is totally different from what it was with the first covey.

From Project Gutenberg

Now Sancho comes up and catches the cold trail, for a covey has certainly been in that place to-day.

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From the grass nine Indians arose, stooped, and scuttled off like a covey of running quail.

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We were just in time to see Pritchard disappear into a vineyard, and a moment afterwards he raised a covey of partridges.

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If spared by boys and house cats until the hunting season began he would captain a covey.

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