pheasantryn.
/ˈfɛzntri/, U.S. /ˈfɛzntri/ A place where pheasants are reared or kept.
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1718 A. Pope Let. 5 July in Corr. (1956) I. 477 The Wood is to him the Cave of Montesinos: He has already planted it with Myrtles, & peopled it with Nymphs. The old Woman of the Pheasantry appears alredy an Urganda.
1781 S. Neville Diary 31 Dec. (1950) xiii. 287 Not far..is the Pheasantry formed..out of an old chalk pit..where..numbers of gold, silver & common pheasants fly about in the summer.
1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 23 She led the way to a little conservatory..and a little aviary, and a little pheasantry, and a little dairy for show.
1856 W. White On Foot through Tyrol xiv. 300 There are pleasant woods behind the palace, and a pheasantry.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 7/2 He followed Malcourt to the hatchery to watch the stripping, or to the exotic pheasantry to inspect the breeding of birds.
1998 National Trust Thames & Chilterns Region Autumn 1/3 The Chinese House is located in the Pheasantry, an area of Stowe which was used as a pen for oriental pheasants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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