A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A friend; a mate.
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
A California fish, the rock trout (Hexagrammos), especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron.
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.