单词 | pigeonry |
释义 | pigeonryn. A place where domestic pigeons are kept; a pigeon house; a dovecote. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote culver-house1340 dovehouse14.. columbairec1420 dovecotec1425 pigeon house1442 columbary1549 louvre1579 loft1735 pigeonry1840 pigeonnier1880 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). < n.1840 |
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