1. A covert of undergrowth.
1805. Wordsw., Prelude, III. 433. A primeval grove,… [Not] indigent of songs warbled from crowds In under-coverts.
2. Ornith. One of the small close feathers on the under-side of the wing or tail.
1817. Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., X. I. 259. Tail like the wing-coverts, with its under-coverts white.
1895. Funk’s Standard Dict., s.v. Wing-covert, Feathers … of the lining of the wing are called under-coverts.
