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Dovecote

//ˈdʌvkɒt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles."

  2. 2
    a birdhouse for pigeons wordnet
  3. 3
    In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept. historical

Etymology

From dove + cote.

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