Cov"ent (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See Convent.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale.

Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.

COVENT, or CONVENT GARDEN, vulgarly called COMMON
GARDEN. Anciently, the garden belonging to a
dissolved monastery; now famous for being the chief
market in London for fruit, flowers, and herbs. The
theatres are situated near it. In its environs are
many brothels, and not long ago, the lodgings of the
second order of ladies of easy virtue were either there, or
in the purlieus of Drury Lane.