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Definition of Pigeonry
1. n. A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
Definition of Pigeonry
1. Noun. A place for pigeons; a dovecote. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigeonry
1. a place for keeping pigeons [n PIGEONRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeonry
Literary usage of Pigeonry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Holiday with Car and Camera by James John Hissey (1908)
"CHAPTER XI An interesting old church—Sun-dials—A " tumble-down " stile—A fighting
parson—An ancient home and its story—The right of pigeonry—An English ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"I own I wish the broad Atlantic did not exist, and I could sit down in this
pigeonry with the owner and enjoy with him his Pigeons. ..."
3. The Deserts of Southern France: An Introduction to the Limestone and Chalk by Sabine Baring-Gould (1894)
"The same sort of thing is to be seen at Les Baux, near Aries, where is also a
pigeonry cut out of the limestone amidst the ruins of the ancient castle of ..."
4. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"9 Orlov, 88, 89: Dacha the "pigeonry", 113; Tverskaia house, 89; GN, ... 140,
174, 175 pigeonry. Orlov dacha, 113 Pipes, Richard, 6 Piranesi, 1, ..."
5. The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies by Charles Féré (1899)
"Romanes cites the following fact: "A white fan-tailed pigeon lived with her family
in the pigeonry attached to the Court of Equity. ..."
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