Covent | n. [ OF. covent, F. couvent. See Convent. ] A convent or monastery. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ] Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Coventry | n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. [ 1913 Webster ] To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]
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