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dovecote::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | columbarium, columbary |
| Type of | birdhouse |
Examples of dovecote
dovecote
It includes a tower with a pyramidal roof and a turret incorporating a dovecote.
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Thomas Jefferson designed a grand dovecote for Monticello, complete with pillars.
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Racing pigeons are housed together in a specially designed dovecote or loft.
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Pigeons hop in and out through the bars of the main gate on their way to the dovecote.
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Manoir de Vitanval, Sainte-Adresse, early 15th century, with a 16th century dovecote.
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The dovecote, it turns out, is a library designed by the minimalist architect Michael Gold.
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Hence the garden's dovecote, parrots and exotic tropical plants.
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At the northern end a dovecote straddles the roof and hummocks of moss grow on the stone slabs.
From the guardian.co.uk
The High Wycombe Town Committee then agreed to hire a hawk and look at the dovecote issue again.
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- A birdhouse for pigeons
- A dovecote or dovecot (Scots: Doocot) is a building intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular free-standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. ...
- Dovecotes is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated NNW of the city centre and neighbours Pendeford which is adjacent to the border with Staffordshire, within the Oxley ward of Wolverhampton City Council.
- Building in which doves are kept for food (eggs and meat).
- The Romans bred pigeons but surviving dovecotes date from the 12th to 18th century - one survives on Coleman Farm. Most were built when grain was more plentiful and were originally confined to "demesne" lands of manorial lords and monasteries. ...
- A term used to describe a large pigeon house that may have been used for the purposes of commercial pigeon breeding
- Another name for a pigeon loft.
