couvert

It is time for women to lead the charge against a constitutional method that renders them invisible, the veritable femme couvert.

Grilled sardines are a summertime specialty, but sardine pate is often part of a meal’s couvert, a small plate that might include olives, bread, cheese or sausage.

“This labor law is the final straw,” said Carole Couvert, the head of the white-collar CFE-CGC union that until now backed Mr. Hollande’s pro-business overhauls.

Named after the French "couvert", meaning covered, it was designed to be worn when riding.

Car outre que tout cela est directement opposé à la modestie et à la pauvreté, dont elles font profession, quel pretexte peuvent-elles alleguer pour se mettre à couvert de l’excommunication que les Conciles, les Papes et les Eveques ont fulminée contre les Religieuses, qui laissent entrer les personnes étrangeres dans leur clôture sans necessité.”