nouncŏvīnusCOVINVS☆ KeepMeaninga war-chariot of the Britons and BelgæLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879COVINUSLEWIS & SHORTCOVINUScŏvīnus (cŏvinn-), i, m. Celtic, I. a war-chariot of the Britons and Belgæ, Mel. 3, 6, 5; Luc. 1, 426; Sil. 17, 422.—Also a travelling chariot, a kind of tilbury, Mart. 12, 24, 1.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesAntiquitiesCovinusCovinus or COVINNUS (Celtic, kowain), a kind of car, the spokes of which were armed with long sickles, and which was used as a scyth<*>chariot chiefy …