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Definition of Owlery
1. n. An abode or a haunt of owls.
Definition of Owlery
1. Noun. (zoology) An abode or a haunt of owls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Owlery
1. a place inhabited by owls [n OWLERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Owlery
Literary usage of Owlery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Episodes in the Life of an Indian Chaplain by A. Retired chaplain (1882)
"... offspring— A tiger cat and his capture—A python fight—The aviary—The lakes—A
half-shade garden—Nutmegs —Plantain and description—The ostrich—owlery. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"She and her two little girls are often at the owlery, though they don't live ...
Indeed, all the people at the owlery vie in civilities, and perhaps the ..."
3. The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from (1833)
"Bewick—White"» Selborne. OWLER, s. One who catches owls. OWLING, Owl catching.
owlery, e. A place where owls are kept. The owlery at ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"... or down, with formidable feet, beak, and eyes "stuck in," after the manner of
making toys. Although I visited this "owlery" on several occasions, ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... in a calm but deadly manner, against pedantries, circumlocutions and the
multiplied forms of stupidity, cupidity and human owlery in this department; ..."
6. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Not a sublime owlery can you ' drop, but it is manipulated, ground down, put in
rifled cannon, ' comes back on you as tempests of burning dust. ..."
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