pigeonniern.
/piːˌʒɒnˈjeɪ/, U.S. /ˌpiˌʒɑnˈjeɪ/ Chiefly in France and French-speaking regions: a pigeon house, a dovecote.
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1880 Harper's Mag. Nov. 820 A huge pigeonnier, so large as to suggest that it must have helped the income of the Rabelais family considerably.
1942 H. MacInnes Assignment in Brittany viii. 69 He worked where he could have a clear view of the path which led from the farm past the round-towered pigeonnier, past the Pinot lands.
1977 Times 17 Sept. 7/1 A collapsing farmhouse without water or electricity—but with a pigeonnier, butterflies and magnificent views over the mangy, wooded hills.
2002 Church Times 25 Jan. 22/2 They offer accommodation in either a cottage or an adjacent pigeonnier.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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