Quailery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal.

    "A quailery should be dark (or the mailes will be always fighting), light being let in at early morning, at noon, and towards sunset, and the birds fed each time."

Example

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"A quailery should be dark (or the mailes will be always fighting), light being let in at early morning, at noon, and towards sunset, and the birds fed each time."

Etymology

From quail + -ery.

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