dovecote

Definition

A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

Etymology

From dove + cote.

Example Sentences

• "If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles."
• "she could see the malt-house with its dovecote"

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