covert hack
noun1
Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle Historical A horse ridden to and from the hunt (as opposed to the hunter ridden during the hunt).
- The honest young country squires, who talked all breakfast time of […] glorious runs of seven hours' hard riding over three counties, and a midnight homeward ride of thirty miles upon their covert hacks; […]1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret:
- Related terms
- covert hound