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Definition of Dovecote
1. Noun. A birdhouse for pigeons.
Definition of Dovecote
1. Noun. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. ¹
2. Noun. In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dovecote
1. a roost for domesticated pigeons [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovecote
Literary usage of Dovecote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"WILSON. January 19, 1731. By act of 19th Pari. 1617, it is ordained, " That none
thereafter shall have the privilege to build a dovecote, unless he has ten ..."
2. Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life by William Henry Hudson (1918)
"... CHAPTER XIV The dovecote A favourite climbing tree—The desire to fly—Soaring
... dovecote and pigeon-pies— The falcon's depredations—A splendid aerial ..."
3. British Monachism: Or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1843)
"... placed one above another, and with a little turret at top.b They were distinct
allocations. The dovecote near the capital messuage of Tatter- wyke, ..."
4. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"Cordova—Moors of Barbary—The English—An Old Priest—The Roman Breviary—The dovecote—
The Holy Office—Judaism—Desecration of dovecotes—The Innkeeper's ..."
5. Rural Architecture: Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages by Lewis Falley Allen (1852)
"... THE dovecote. This is a department, in itself, not common among the farm
buildings, in the United States; and for the reason, probably, ..."
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