dovecote
noun
a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.
dovecot
-
a variation of
dovecote.
Example Sentences
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The site also includes a rare 16th Century beehive-shaped dovecot and a private chapel.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
The deadly missile, whistling as it went for want of thought, entered the door of a neighbouring pigeon's house and fluttered the dovecot confoundedly.
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
A second chapter was probably an arboreal apprenticeship, during which they made a fine art of parachuting—a persistence of which is to be seen in the pigeon "gliding" from the dovecot to the ground.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
An air rather as of long-continued neglect rested on ruined garden and terraces, on farmhouse and dovecot, and the remains as of a chapel nearer at hand.
From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
At the lower end is a soldier, a tiny realistic house, a dovecot, any number of flowering plants, a stag and other animals.
From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Emily Leigh Lowes
