English Dictionary

covert baron

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞 前置詞

(obsolete, chiefly with under) The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person.

日本語の意味

夫の保護下にある状態、すなわち婚姻状態を意味する。（特に女性の場合、夫の保護下にある状態を指す） / 拡義的には、既婚者（婚姻状態にある人）を指す表現

Many young wives in the village lived under the covert baron, trusting their husbands to keep them safe.

村の多くの若妻は夫の庇護の下に暮らし、夫が自分たちを守ってくれると信頼していた。

意味（1）

(obsolete, chiefly with under) The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person.

, II.17: to put himself under covert-baron [translating à couvert], he tooke him a wife from out that place, where all men may have them for mony […].