Coventry

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n.
     A town in the county of Warwick, England.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out
        from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.


  
     {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at
        Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Coventry
       n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from
            society by general consent); "the association should get
            rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of
            course, but by Coventry" [syn: {banishment}, {ostracism}]
       2: an industrial city in central England; devastated by air
          raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady
          Godiva in the 11th century

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Coventry, CT
    Zip code(s): 06238
  Coventry, RI
    Zip code(s): 02816
  Coventry, VT
    Zip code(s): 05825