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 Marsdens had been again to the Grange with Miss Aubrey, and had finished their sketches of the dovecot.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
Left me to starve on an old rock and a dovecot; sheltered by bare stones, and eating out of a black pot!
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
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
Every house has, or rather, is, a dovecot, the chief corps de bâtiment being a tower, or several towers, of which the whole upper part is exclusively affected to the doves.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
