cove🔊

(now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.

(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

(Appalachia) A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.

(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

(British, dated, informal, thieves' cant, Lewis) A fellow; a man.

(Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.

(obsolete) Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).