Doveling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young or baby dove.
"On one of its lower branches was fastened a dove-cote, ingeniously made of willow wands, plastered with adobe, and containing so many rooms that the whole tree seemed sometimes a-flutter with doves and dovelings."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"On one of its lower branches was fastened a dove-cote, ingeniously made of willow wands, plastered with adobe, and containing so many rooms that the whole tree seemed sometimes a-flutter with doves and dovelings."
Etymology
From dove + -ling.