dovecote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

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dovecote dovecotes dovecot

From dove + cote.

columbarium doocot dovehouse pigeon loft

dove

flutter in the dovecote flutter the dovecote

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