feme cov·ert
| \ femˈkəvərt, fēm-, -kōv- \
variants:
or less commonly femme couverte \
ˌfemküˈve(ə)rt
\
plural femes covert also femmes couvertes\
-mz(ˈ)k-
\
Definition of feme covert
law
: a married woman
—distinguished from feme sole
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