cove
noun
[ kəʊv ]
• a small sheltered bay.
• a concave arch or arched moulding, especially one formed at the junction of a wall with a ceiling.
Origin:
Old English cofa ‘chamber, cave’, of Germanic origin; related to German Koben ‘pigsty, pen’. cove1 (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.
cove
noun
• a man.
• "he is a perfectly amiable cove"
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps from Romani kova ‘thing or person’.
