cattery
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cattery
First recorded in 1785–95; cat ( def. ) + -ery
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A video tour of the sanctuary posted in 2023 showed horses grazing and galloping across a vast expanse of the 40-acre property in Julian and a cattery where felines lounged in cat condos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
It led to the overnight evacuation of a dog kennel and cattery.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
There are also three private houses and a cattery within the grounds of the site, which is set back from the road up a long driveway.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
Artist Meg Scarborough runs a cattery in Foulden in the Scottish Borders which went five nights without electricity.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2021
Her cattery is known as the "Calumet Kennel," and there is no better judge of cats in the country than Mrs. Colburn.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
Few catteries provide their owners with livable incomes.
From Time Magazine Archive
My catteries were established in 1890, and at one time I had as many as 150 cats and kittens.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
It aims also to establish straightforward and honest dealings among the catteries and to do away with the humbuggery which prevails in some quarters about the sales and valuation of high-bred cats.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
The numberless kittens sporting all day long are worthy of the art of Madame Henriette Ronner, and one could linger for hours in these delightful and most comfortable catteries watching their gambols.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
It is at Kepwick Park that Mrs. McLaren Morrison has her celebrated "catteries."
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
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