discovert

Definitions

noun An exposed or uncovered condition or position.
Uncovered; unprotected.
Revealed; shown forth.
In law, not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony: applied either to a woman who has never been married or to a widow.

adjective (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun obsolete An uncovered place or part.
noun [Obs.] uncovered.

Old French descovert, past participle of descovrir ("to uncover").

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May be in Mexico I'll also discovert something of the kind .... but I hope not.

Dietary Patterns and Acculturation Among Expats in Mexico 2006
Thereon James rose to reply in terms of elephantine eloquence, and would have gone through the whole case again had not Lady Holmhurst in despair pulled him by the sleeve and told him that he must propose her health, which he did with sincerity, lightly alluding to the fact that she was a widow by describing her as being in a "discovert condition, with all the rights and responsibilities of a 'femme sole.'"

Mr. Meeson's Will Henry Rider Haggard 1890
Cap'en Shackzon tell to me vas dat he hat discovert von dreazure in a cave in ze islant von day dat he vas plown into ze bay in a squall; and ven he vas go back to Guayaquil, he vas charter ze schgooners to zail back to ze islant again.

The Island Treasure 1887
But we're to dae't wi'oot loss o 'life on oor ain part, if possible; ye'll therefore approach the place cannily and get as close up to it as maybe wi'oot bein' discovert; and, that done, ye'll be pleased tae keek roun 'and ascertain if there's ony way o' gettin 'intil it wi'oot haein' to stor-r-m it.

A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886