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Webster 1913 Edition
Cove
Cove
(kōv)
, Noun.
[AS.
cofa
room; akin to G. koben
pigsty, orig., hut, Icel. kofi
hut, and perh. to E. cobalt
.] 1.
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret
coves
and nooks. Holland.
2.
A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
[U.S.]
3.
(Arch.)
(a)
A concave molding.
(b)
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Cove
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coved
(k?vd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coving
.] (Arch.)
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and
coved
roofs. H. Swinburne.
Coved ceiling
, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove.
– Coved vault
, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
Cove
,Verb.
T.
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
[Obs.]
Not being able to
cove
or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. Holland.
Cove
,Noun.
[A gypsy word,
covo
that man, covi
that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station.
[Slang]
There’s a gentry
cove
here. Wit's Recreations (1654).
Now, look to it,
Be not filched from us.
coves
, that all the beef and drinkBe not filched from us.
Mrs. Browning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cove
COVE
,Noun.
COVE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
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See also: Cove
English
Noun
cove (plural coves)
- (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
- (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]
- Holland
- vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks
- Holland
- (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
- A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
rare: hollow in a rock
small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds
recess on slope of mountain
wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship
thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht’s strake below deck level
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
- H. Swinburne
- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
- H. Swinburne
Etymology 2
Britain ante-1570. From Romani kodo (“this one, him”), perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting, or Romani kova (“that person”).
Noun
cove (plural coves)
Synonyms
- (man): See Wikisaurus:man
- (friend): See Wikisaurus:friend
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
fellow; man
Etymology 3
Compare French couver, Italian covare. See covey.
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
- Holland
- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
- Holland