Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COV'ERT, n.

1. A covering, or covering place; a place which covers and shelters; a shelter; a defense. A tabernacle … for a covert from storm and rain. – Isa. iv. I will trust in the covert of thy wings. – Ps. lxi.
2. A thicket; a shady place, or a hiding place. – 1 Sam. xxv. Job xxxviii.