eyrie

or eyr·y

[ air-ee, eer-ee ]

noun,plural eyr·ies.

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How to use eyrie in a sentence

  • The ground beneath the eyrie was littered with fowls' feathers and pellets of skin, fur and bone.

  • From the eyrie of the salient one can look over it and away to the north to big rolling chalk land, most of it wooded.

    The Old Front Line | John Masefield

British Dictionary definitions for eyrie

eyrie

aerie

/ (ˈɪərɪ, ˈɛərɪ, ˈaɪərɪ) /


noun
  1. the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible place

  2. the brood of a bird of prey, esp an eagle

  1. any high isolated position or place

Origin of eyrie

1
C16: from Medieval Latin airea, from Latin ārea open field, hence nest

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