pigeonryn.
/ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nri/, U.S. /ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nri/ A place where domestic pigeons are kept; a pigeon house; a dovecote.
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1840 Cottager's Man. 24 in Libr. Useful Knowl., Husb. III The pigeonry over the porch.
1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 21 Well-built farmhouses, with their pigeonries like towers.
1965 Times 2 Jan. 11/7 At Gennes there is a comparable pigeonry of modern construction, built of blocks to form a sheer limestone wall.
2002 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 5 Carved into the limestone is a pigeonry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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